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Visual Illusion
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- 1What are the 3 main Visual Illusions?Distortion, Fiction and Ambiguous figures
- 2When do Visual illusions occur?Visual illusions occur when our perception conflicts with our reality.
- 3When does fiction occurs?Fiction occurs when you perceive a shape that is not actually present in the stimulus.
- 4Define; Illusory contoursAn illusory contour is when we perceive the outline of a shape and believe it is there when actually it does not have an outline.
- 5What are after-effects?After-effects are a special they of fiction illusion because they involve perceiving something that is not in stimulus. It happens when we look at a stimulus for a long time then look away. The after-effect is the opposite of the stimulus.
- 6Define; Colour After-effects?An illusion caused by focusing on a coloured stimulus and perceiving opposite colours immediately afterwards.
- 7Define; Motion after-effectsAn illusion caused by paying attention to movement in one direction and perceiving movement in the opposite direction.
- 8Define; Ambiguous figuresAmbiguous figures are a stimulus (something that presents itself to you) with two possible interpretations in which it is possible to perceive only one of the alternatives at any time (you often swap between)
- 9Define; DistortionWhere our perception is deceived by some aspect of the stimulus. This can affect the shape or size of an object.
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- gcse Psychology FlashCards sobre Visual Illusion, criado por Tomiwa Oko-Osi em 01-10-2013.
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