Stimulus 1:
One of our most remarkable perceptual abilities is our capacity to create the appearance of three dimensions from flat retinal images. Without depth perception you would be unable to drive a car, ride a bike, catch a ball, thread a needle or simply walk around a room. The world would look like a flat surface.
(Van Iersel et al. Psychology VCE units 3&4. Southbank, Victoria: Nelson Australia Pty Ltd.)
(Depth Perception)
Stimulus 2:
Perception is full of interesting puzzles, such as how cars, people and pets can constantly change their shape as they move about. Yet we perceive them as remaining the same size and shape. For example, a car does not grow smaller as it speeds away even though its shape and size on your retina grows smaller and smaller. A door does not become a trapezoid as you walk through it, even though that is what happens to its shape on your retina. These are examples of how perceptions remain constant.
(Plotnik, R Introduction to Psychology [7th ed] Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning)
(Constancy)
Referring to the above stimuli and other relevant information explain the following concepts on how individuals make sense of the world
Perceptual Principles
Depth/Distance Cues
Perceptual Set
b) Using evidence and the stimulus above, evaluate how depth perception and one other perceptual principle plays a role in organising stimuli into meaningful patterns.
