Practise explaining how expectations, sensory input, Gestalt principles and attention shape perception, then apply each process to everyday and learning scenarios.
For each of the following pairs of terms, explain how the placement or location of the first influences the process
indicated by the second.
- Rods, peripheral vision
- A list of unrelated words, word recall
- Serotonin, reduction of depression
- Retinal disparity, depth perception
- Motor cortex, body movement
- Presence of others, performance
Proximity, perception
Point 7: Proximity, perception
Students must indicate an understanding of proximity and its impact on a specific perceptual process.
Pathways include the following:
A. Near versus far objects, people, or sounds affect perception of a specific quality of objects, people,
or sounds.
B. When objects, people, or sounds are close to each other, we perceive a whole (Gestalt).
C. People or objects in close proximity to the observer are perceived more positively over time (mere
exposure).
Examples
Score
"When you look at a bunch of trees, the ones that are smaller and blurrier will seem to be farther from
you."
"If you see the same person over and over again, like in your class, after a while you start to like them."
Do not score
"If objects have proximity, it affects perception." (An understanding of proximity is not indicated.)