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Perception
Gibson direct. Theory of perception
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how does this theory contrast with
Gregory's
?
perception
doesn't
draw on past
experience
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Sufficient information for
direct perception
Sensation
and
perception
are the
same.
The
eyes
detect everything we need without having to make
inferences
.
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Optic flow patterns
When moving, things in the distance appear
stationary
and everything else
rushes
past. Provides
perceptual
information about
speed
and
distance.
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motion parallax
a
monocular
depth cue
when we are
moving
past them,
closer
objects appear to move
faster
than objects that are
further
away
provides
perceptual
information about
speed
and distance
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the
influence of nature
Perception
is
inborn
not learned
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strengths
(2)
real world meaning
- research was on
WW2
pilots, so relevant to
daily
life
support for the role of
nature
- Gibson and
walk
showed few infants crawl off a
visual
cliff, so are born with
depth perception
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weakness
theory
struggles
to explain
visual
illusions
- perception is seen as
accurate
but illusions
trick
the
brain
, so theory is
incomplete
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