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ORGANISATION IN VISUAL PERCEPTIONCHAPTER 6
PG-135
CONTEXT- SETTING IN WHICH A STIMULUS OR EVENT OCCURS
VISUAL PERCEPTION PRINCIPLES-
*'RULES' WE AUTOMATICALLY APPLY TO VISUAL STIMULI.
* ASSISTS US IN ORGANISATION & INTERPRETATION OF THE STIMULI IN CONSISTANT & MEANINGFUL WAYS.
* HELPS US 'MAKE SENSE' OF VISUAL INFORMATION.
GESTALT PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION-
*WAYS IN WHICH WE ORGANISE SENSATIONS INTO PERCEPTIONS
GROUPING INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF VISUAL STIMULI INTO WHOLE COMPLETE FORMS USUALLY IN THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE WAYS.
FIGURE GROUOND ORGANISATION-
*A GESTALT PRINCIPLE OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
-WHENEVER WE VIEW A STIMULUS PATTERN PART OF IT IS VIEWED AS A WELL DEFINE FIGURE,THE REST BECOMING THE GROUND WHICH SURROUNDS THE FIGURE
CLOSURE-
*PERCEPTUAL TENDENCY TO 'CLOSE UP',FILL IN OR IGNORE GAPS IN SENSORY INPUT & PERCIEVE INCOMPLETE OBJECTS AS COMPLETE.
SIMILARITY-
*A GESTALT PRINCIPLE OF PERCEPTION WHERE ELEMENTS OF A STIMULUS PATTERN THAT HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES, TEND TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM A MEANINGFUL WHOLE.
PROXIMITY- GESTAULT PERCEPTUAL PRINCIPLE.
*ELEMENTS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER TEND TO BE PERCIEVED AS BELONGING TO ONE ANOTHER. .(NEARNESS)
DEPTH PERCEPTION
DEPTH CUES-
*A SOURCE OF INFORMATION EITHER FROM THE ENVIRONMENT OR OUR OWN BODY USED IN THE PERCEPTION OF DEPTH/DISTANCE...