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Psychology: Perception
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Mind Map on Psychology: Perception, created by Mya Taylor on 30/11/2016.
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Psychology: Perception
How do we see?
Rods: Rods work ihn dim light they also detect light.
Cones: cones only work in bright light they also detect different colours.
Cornea: Protects the eye from Bacteria.
Pupil: A hole to allow light in.
Retina: LIght sensitive layer at the back of the eye, it has cells called Rods and Cones*
Optic nerve: sends information collected by the eye,. to the brain.
Vision: WE see the world by detecting light with our eyes.
Perception: Our brain helps us to understand the world by using information from the eyes.
Optic chiasma: Where information from the right eye and the left eye cross over.
Key definitions:
Visual Constancy: The ability to recognise that an object remains the same even when it produces different images on the retina.
There are 3 types size, shape, colour
Depth cues:
Size Constancy: Our brain perceives things to be the same size even if the distance from us changes.
Relative size: The closer the object is to the eye the bigger the imasge onj the retinba.
Monocular: Information about distance that needs one eye to process.
Binocular: Information about distance that needs two eyes to process.
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