Unit 1 Revision - Perception

Unit 1 Revision - Perception

1. Structure of the Eye

2. The Blind Spot

3. Seeing Depth

   • Monocular
     • Linear Perspective
     • Height in a Plane
     • Relative Size
     • Texture Gradient
     • Superimpositioin
   • Binocular
   • Stereopsis
   • Size Constancy

4. Seeing Patterns

   • Gestalt Laws
     • Figure Ground
     • Similarity
     • Proximity
     • Continuity
     • Closure

5. Visual Illusions

   • What are they?
   • Types
     • After Effects (type of fiction)
     • Fictions
     • Ambiguous Figures
     • Distortions

6. Explaining Illusions

   • Gestalt Theory
     • Explaining Fictions
     • Explaining Distortions
     • Explaining Ambiguous Figures
     • Evaluating the Theory
   • Gregory's Theory
     • Explaining Herring Illusion
     • Explaining the Ponzo Illusion
     • Explaining the Muller-Lyer Illusion
     • Evaluating the Theory

7. The Studies

   • Palmer (1975)
     • Schemeas
   • Bartlett (1932)
   • Carmichael (1932)

8. Experiments

   • Variables
   • Experimental Designs
   • Hypothesis
   • Controls
   • Descriptive Statistics
   • Bar Charts
   • Ethics
   • Evaluating Experiments

9. Eyewitness Testimony

   • What are Eyewitnesses?
   • Eyewitnesses and Schemas
   • Allport and Postman
   • Tuckey and Brewer
   • Boon and Davis