Author Question: According to the gestalt psychology approach to visual perception, a. when we look at an object ... (Read 31 times)

OSWALD · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

According to the gestalt psychology approach to visual perception,

a. when we look at an object for the first time, we see a random arrangement of stimuli.
b. the distal stimulus is more important than the proximal stimulus.
c. we tend to see well-organized patterns, rather than random-looking stimuli.
d. we first extract the template, and then later we extract the geon.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about object recognition is correct?

a. Visual information is first processed in the primary visual cortex, but it is eventually stored in the retina.
b. In general, we need at least one second to recognize an object.
c. The primary visual cortex is responsible for identifying complex objects; in contrast, other portions of the brain identify lines and simple shapes.
d. Regions of the cortex beyond the primary visual cortex are active when we identify complex objects.