Depth Perception
monocular; binocular
What is the name of a single-eye vision and double-eye vision?
perceptual constancy
What is the tendency to experience a stable perception of an object even though the sensory input we receive is continually changing?
If, in a painting, a figure of a person is drawn larger than a house, the house will seem to be ____ because of ____.
farther away; relative size
retina
What is the structure of the eye that absorbs light, processes images, and sends visual information to the brain?
What is the perceptual tendency to group together objects that are near each other?
linear perspective
What is the depth perception cue based on the observation that parallel lines converge in the distance?
Accommodation of the lens
What is the process enabling you to focus?
The fovea is the area of the retina where ____ is best in large part because the fovea contains only ____.
visual acuity; cones
iris
What is the structure that controls the size of the pupil?
Perception is based on the simplest possible interpretation
What does Law of Pragnanz (Simplicity) state?
interposition
What is the depth perception cue when items in the foreground obstruct the view of the items in the distance?
an image continues to appear briefly even after exposure to the actual image has ended
What is an afterimage?
The __________ theory of color vision holds that we perceive colors because of pairs of receptors that make antagonistic responses.
opponent-process
the cornea
What is the transparent structure on the surface of the eye?
closure
How do you call a tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure?
retinal disparity
Which depth cue is responsible the fact that the right and left eyes see slightly different views of the object?
nearsightedness
What happens when the eye focuses light just short of the retina?
While ____ involves the stimulation of sense organs, ____ involves the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input.
sensation; perception
pupil
What part of the eye regulates the amount of light entering the eye? Which part of the eye is a hole?
similarity
What is a tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form?
texture gradient
What is a monocular depth cue that helps to perceive objects closer to you as individual and separate from each other and farther away individual objects appear to be much finer and less granular?
occipital lobes
Night and peripheral vision depend mainly on ____, while daylight and acute vision depend mainly on ____.
rods; cones
where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye.
Where is the blind spot in the eye?
reversible figures