CHAPTER 4.14: Perceptual Constancy

Question 1

what is perceptual constancy?

Answer 1

ability to perceive objects as having same shape size and colour despite changes in perspective, viewing angle or lighting

Question 2

size constancy relies on what to make perceptual corrects to an image of lets say three people in a row with the person in the front being closest to camera and person in back being furthest.

Answer 2

other depth cues! we wont assume that the last person is very small despite them taking up a small amount of space in the picture

Question 3

describe the ames room

Answer 3

trapezoidal room with elevated floor on one side so person on that side looks huge, and on the other side, more distant to a viewer in a specific peephole than the first individual, a person that looks smaller and is not on an elevated floor.

but to the observer it looks like a normal room and the first person looks huge while the other looks tiny!