Sensory, Attentional And Perceptual Processes
Several scholars have tried to answer such questions, but the most widely accepted answer has been given by a group of researchers, called Gestalt psychologists. Prominent among them are Kohler, Koffka, and Wertheimer. Gestalt means a regular figure or a form. According to Gestalt psychologists, we perceive different stimuli not as discrete elements, but as an organised “whole” that carries a definite form. They believe that the form of an object lies in its whole, which is different from the sum of their parts. For example; a flower pot with a bunch of flowers is a whole. If the flowers are removed, the flower pot still remains a whole. It is the configuration of the flower pot that has changed. Flower pot with flowers is one configuration; without flowers it is another configuration.
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How does auditory sensation take place?
Define attention. Explain its properties.
State the determinants of selective attention. How does selective attention differ from sustained attention?
What is the main proposition of Gestalt phychologists with respect to perception of the visual field?
How does perception of space take place?
What are the monocular cues of depth perception? Explain the role of binocular cues in the perception of depth.
Why do illusions occur?
Which part of our body collect information from the external world as well as from our own body?
Name the basic process on which our knowledge of the world around us depend.
What is cognition?
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