perception

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Marian M. Miguel-Lagundino, MA

Instructor

The mind’s interpretation of sensations

Transforms senseless information from the

external environment into an organized

experience

Perception produces

and justifies

sujective realit! Perception is not

constant et"een

people or even "ithin

a person

Perception is

influenced ! o"n

personal

characteristics and

ac#ground.

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There are different rules our mind follows in creating our

interpretations of the world we live in.



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+estalt la"s of organization

mages "e see andfocus on in the "orld

are figures, "hile

those lurred in the

ac#ground or in our

peripheral vision are

ground

jects in our

environment are

grouped together

and perceived as one

entit! ased on

similarit!

*eeing a "hole

image even if it is not

ecause some parts

are missing.

e group entities ased on nearness in space

or distance

*eeing "hole,

uninterrupted figures

even if parts of them

are unseen

Allo"s us to perceive

t"o ojects even

"hen one overlaps

"ith another



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*eeing ojects movein the same direction,

at almost the same

speed, "e perceive

the entire group of

these ojects as a

unified "hole

Perceptual constancies

ject is perceived

as a certain constant

size despite its

nearness to !ou

/egardless of the

angle of !our vie" of

an oject, its shape is

constant in !our

perception

Tendenc! to see

color and rightness

as remaining at the

same intensit! even

"hen illumination is

changing

0ategories of perception



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Monocular cues1 *eeing depth even "ith just one e!e

2inocular cues1 *eeing depth "ith oth e!es

/3T4AL 5*PA/T6$ merging of slightl! different

images coming from our t"o e!es

/elative size Texture gradient

Aerial perspective Linear perspective Motion parallax nterposition

e perceive motion

through the natural

movements of the

e!es

Stroboscopic effect$ t"o

different sources of light

are flashed in fast

succession and "e see

one light moving ac#

and forth

perception

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