AP PSYCHOLOGY

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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When we have difficulty separating a figure from the background in a picture or in an everyday setting, it is most likely due to an inability to:
A
Use linear perspective
B
Use monocular cues
C
Use retinal desparity
D
Perceive the contour lines which belong to the figure
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –camouflage occurs when the figure and ground are not easily separated, but blend together.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ability to identify a stimulus when it is embedded in a distracting background is called signal detection theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perception refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inverse Problem in Vision: The problem of retrieving all of the visual information about the 3D environment (the distal stimulus) using only the more limited information contained in the 2D image (the proximal stimulus) projected on the retina of the eye..

Detailed explanation-5: -Bottom-up processing refers to the fact that perceptions are built from sensory input. On the other hand, how we interpret those sensations is influenced by our available knowledge, our experiences, and our thoughts. This is called top-down processing.

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