AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As your teacher dims the lights to show a movie clip, you still perceive your friend’s shirt as red. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?
A
lightness constancy
B
color constancy
C
context effects
D
perceptual set
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As your teacher dims the lights to show a movie clip, you still perceive your friend’s shirt as red. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon? perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called: depth perception. The convergence of parallel lines provides the distance cue known as: linear perspective.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gestalt psychologists. Relative luminance most clearly contributes to: lightness constancy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gestalt psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes. One of Gestalt psychologist’s favorite sayings is in perception, the whole may exceed the sum of its parts.

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