SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Figure
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Ground
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Figure-ground perception refers to the tendency of the visual system to simplify a scene into the main object that we are looking at (the figure) and everything else that forms the background (or ground).
Detailed explanation-2: -The target object becomes the observer’s main visual and mental focus. In psychology, the object being perceived is known as the figure while everything else is referred to as the background or ground. Thus, a simpler figure-ground definition would be a person’s ability to differentiate between figure and ground.
Detailed explanation-3: -One Gestalt principle is the figure-ground relationship. According to this principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while the ground is the background.
Detailed explanation-4: -One Gestalt principle is the figure-ground relationship. According to this principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while the ground is the background.