Is perception based on unconscious inferences?
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Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- The fact that we perceive a 3 dimensional world from a 2 dimensional image.
- System break down.
- Constructivist approach and the idea of perception.
- Gibson: Ecological approach to perception.
- Gibson's theory.
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography.
Abstract
perception and awareness of our surroundings are things we continually take for granted and without these abilities it would be impossible to navigate our way safely round our environment. Roth (1986) described perception as, "The means by which information acquired `via the sense organs is transformed into experiences of objects, events etc" This raises the question of how the sensory stimulation detected by our sense receptors is converted into conscious perceptual experience? Many theories of perception suggest that while the sensory pattern is dependent on the stimulus, it is often supplemented by other sources of information such as our knowledge and previous experience of the world and that inferences are made about the real world based on this information. This seemingly simple and effortless process has actually proved to be much more complex than first thought.
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