Important Takeaways on Sensation and Perception in Cognitive Psychology

Visual Illusions and its Significance

Hello! I hope you are well! For this assignment Cognitive Psychology, I have provided 9 sections and most of them are lecture slides you have to look at. For this assignment, tell me the three things you think are the most important from each of the topics below. There are 10 topics but I did the “Sensation me Perception” one so 9 topics left for you to do but do not do that one. But I will provide that example so you would get an idea of what to do. BUT there are some rules

You need to elaborate with at least a couple of sentences for each of the three things you choose, enough so it is clear you understand the concept you have chosen. You are able to choose 3 things within the topic that you think are important and explain why you think that. You could paraphrase what is in the lecture slides but make sure to state why it is important to know. It does not have to be too long but this is an example. Alao, the ones that include the videos you do not have to watch it all. Just some parts to get some information from it. Make sure to fill up

One takeaway from this topic that resonates with me is on Visual Illusions. This includes learning how perception is understood and how psychologists try to understand it by creating problematic stimuli regarding sensations. This problematic stimulus that has to do with sensations, which is physically using your senses such as feeling, hearing, or seeing something that comes in contact with the human body shows us how our visual systems work. Through those sensations, psychologists study the errors usindividuals make which then decides how we should or could perceive things within society. Therefore, if our sensations are misinterpreted then it would be harder for us to acknowledge and recognize the errors on how perception works within the visual system.Another takeaway is The Gestalt Approach  When forming perception we usually tend to visualize arrays in a configured pattern with

The Gestalt Approach. We arrange elements as a whole instead of disorganized arrays. The Six Gestalt Principles of Perception are Figured-ground,

Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Symmetry. The Figure-ground principle refers to objects being seen upfront and others retreating such as Logos. Proximity has to do with a variety of objects mostly likely being perceived as closeness in space, forminga group. Similarity can also be perceived as objects that have been grouped together as identical. Continuity is usually recognized as consistent flow rather than disrupted flow. Closure is usually
con sidered close up and complete rather than incomplete. Lastly, Symmetry can also be perceived as being even and facing one another such as mirror images. These principles show the forms and patterns of how objects could be perceived. However, they do not explain the significance of the occurrence of these principles. The third take away is Deficits in Visual Perception. Synesthesia, is a Greek word known for joined perception. It is the ability of being able to experience more than one of your senses together. David Marr in 1982, discovered perception is information-processing and visual stimuli are ambiguous. Therefore, we use our personal experiences to make judgments. This then produces joined perception which could
sometimes also be prone to error as it could be biased.