Perception Projects
Use Chapter 6 in your textbook to help you. However, DO NOT USE THE EXAMPLES IN YOUR TEXT.
RESEARCH ONLINE FOR NEW MATERIAL!
Perception A: Describe the interplay between attention and perception. Describe gestalt psychology
contribution to our understanding of perception.
 Illustrate and explain: selective attention, inattentional blindness or change blindness
 Illustrate and explain: figure/ground and the 5 gestalt laws of grouping: proximity, similarity,
continuity, connectedness, and closure.
Perception B: Explain the importance of depth perception.
 Illustrate and explain “What Out for the Visual Cliff”. What was the hypothesis? Briefly
describe their methods. Discuss the results. Why is depth perception important?
Perception C: Describe the difference between monocular and binocular cues for perceiving depth.
 Illustrate: retinal disparity and convergence; see magic eye books
 Explain how both eyes are used to perceive depth
 Illustrate Relative size, interposition, relative clarity, texture gradient, relative height, relative
motion, linear perspective, light and shadow.
Perception D: Explain how motion perception can be deceiving. Explain the importance of perceptual
constancy.
 Illustrate and explain stroboscopic movement and the phi phenomenon
 Illustrate: Shape constancy, size constancy, lightness constancy, and color constancy (pg. 213214)
Perception E: Describe how perceptional constancies are influenced by one's environment and culture.
 Illustrate and explain: What You See is What you Learned." What was the hypothesis? Briefly
describe the research method. Explain the results and identify the significance of the findings.
Perception F: Explain how perceived size and distance contribute to visual illusions. Explain perceptual
adaptation.
 Illustrate and explain the Ponzo Illusion, Muller-Lyer illusion, Moon Illusion, Ames room
 Define perceptual adaptation AND illustrate the difference between sensory adaptation and
perceptual adaptation in vision.
Perception G: Describe how experience and culture help us to construct perception.
 Provide examples and explain perceptual set. Define schema and how perceptual sets are
acquired.
 Illustrate how culture and context effects influence our perception.
 Demonstrate the stoop effect
Grading:
 You should create a powerpoint presentation that discusses the objectives for your topic.
POWERPOINTS MUST BE SAVED TO YOUR H DRIVE BY ______________________ FOR ALL
GROUPS. ALL MEMBERS NEED TO SAVE A COPY OF THE PPT TO THEIR H DRIVE. I will
randomly pick one person's file to open per group.
 Save it as TEAM NAME AND TOPIC LETTER ( I.E. pavlov's dog E)
 If you need to save it on a flash drive, come to school in the morning to use my computer or the media
center. Then save that file to the H drive. Powerpoint NOT saved to the H drive by
__________________ will result in loss of points. 30 points
o Powerpoints should contain examples and illustrations and NOT crammed with wording.
o DO NOT read from your powerpoints.
 Each group must turn in a poster board display similar to those displayed in class. Late displays will
result in a loss of points. 20 points
Participation:
As AP students it is your responsibility to ensure that the requirements for this project are met. You are allowed
to pick your own groups…choose wisely. If your group is having difficulty organizing itself then you must
work it out on your own BEFORE you see me. If an accord cannot be reached between group members, the
project will be scrapped and individuals will instead complete a 5 page term paper. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL
THE LAST MINUTE TO SEE ME WITH PROBLEMS.
Presentation Day:
Your group must be prepared to present on the assigned day. Absences or lateness do NOT excuse your group
from NOT presenting on that day. You must be prepared.
Exchange phone numbers and email addresses now.
Group Member name
email
phone number
If something comes up and you are not in school, I expect and email at Brooke.Hare@hcps.org or a phone call
at 410-638-4110 letting me know AHEAD of time.
These activities are very interesting and extremely helpful. You will learn a lot from your fellow classmates
and group members. Each group is only as strong as its weakest link.
You may use any resources we have in the room (including me), as well as just about anything you can
find on your own. I encourage you to visit the following sites:
Resources:
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/sen_tut.html
http://www.magiceye.com/ or http://www.vision3d.com/sghidden.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/postcard_illusions/index.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm
everything is here!
binocular cues
illusions
motion-size-distance
http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/index.html
illusions
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/exmoon.htm
Ponzo and other illusions
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/
motion perception
http://psych.la.psu.edu/clip/
change blindness and everything else
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html
motion, illusions, gestalt
Presentation Days by group:
A day
12/ Groups A, B, C, D
12/ Groups E, F, G
B day
12/ Groups A, B, C, D
12/ Groups E, F, G