2. 1. Even on the clearest night, some stars cannot be seen by the naked eye because they are below the viewer’s _________ threshold.

3. 2. If you jump into a cold lake but moments later the water no longer seems so cold, sensory ________ has occurred.

4. 3. If you are immobilized in a hospital bed, with no one to talk to and no TV or radio, and you feel edgy and disoriented, you may be suffering the effects of ________.

5. 4. During a break from your job as a server in a restaurant, you decide to read. For 20 minutes, you are so engrossed that you fail to notice the clattering of dishes or orders being called out to the cook. This is an example of ________.

6. 5. _____________ is a rare condition in which stimulation of one sense also evokes a sensation in another.

7. VISION

8. A LITTLE BACKGROUND More information comes through our eyes than any other sense organ SO VISION IS OUR MOST VALUABLE SENSE!

9. GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY “THE ___________ is more important than the parts” IN OTHER WORDS, we tend to perceive finished products more than their individual components

10. GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY People ALWAYS organize the visual field into 2 parts _____________: stands out from the rest of the environment _____________: the background Selective Attention helps us perceive between ground and figure

12. 1. _____________________ Things that are near each other tend to be grouped together.

13. 2. _____________________ In order to complete forms, the brain FILLS IN THE GAPS!

14. 3. _____________________ Things that alike (by size, shape, color, etc.) tend to be perceived as belonging to each other

15. 4. _____________________ Lines and patterns tend to be perceived as continuing in time and space.

16. GESTALT PRINCIPLES GESTALT PRINCIPLES are strongly impressed on the mind…so much so that they dominate other aspects of our vision Try to say the names of the colors you see, but NOT the actual words as fast as you can!

17. BLUE YELLOW RED GREEN GREEN BLUE YELLOW RED YELLOW BLUE RED GREEN RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW BLUE RED YELLOW GREEN

18. FIGURE AND GROUND EXAMPLES!

30. Your eyes have trouble distinguishing FIGURE and GROUND

36. ALL these lines are perfectly straight!