Question 1 - I was wondering with Ame's Room. Is pretty much everything slanted.... ? Like the floor, roof, and walls.
My understanding is that:
-The floor is slants downwards from the individual who is in the closer corner, to the individual in the corner which is further away (so that the individual who is closer appears more giant.)
-The roof slants upwards from the individual in the closer corner, to the individual which is further away (so it appears that the closer individual is touching the ceiling and is unable to fit.)
Hi,
I'm really confused with the apparent distance theory in explaining ames room, I understand its application in the Muler-Lyer illusion but not ames room,
Could you please explain it... in like really simple terms?
Thanks heaps
They're notoriously difficult to understand, these explanations for visual illusions.
-Both lines produce an image of the same size on the retina
-The attachments to the lines, for some reason or another, cause us to perceive the line with the feather tail as being 'further away' from us than the arrow head line (this is why it's called 'the apparent distance theory' - because we believe the lines are at different distances)
-Remember that both lines produce an image of the same size on the retina. However, we are programmed to know that objects which are further away from us produce an image on the retina which is smaller than the object is in reality.
-Thus, we perceive the line with the feather tail as being larger.
hey jessie0, there was a question about what is the first stage of visual perception and i wrote "selection" because the first stage of visual sensation is "reception" but the answer was "reception"
so how do we know is theyr asking visual perception in general or ..?
thankyou.
Yeah, if they're asking you what the first stage of visual perception is on a VCAA exam, always answer reception. I just realised they don't make a distinction between visual perception and sensation in the 2005 onwards study design, and just call it 'the stages of visual perception'.
Although they may still ask questions which ask you to distinguish/ list processes which occur in the eye and those which occur in the brain. Who knows.