Psychology - Perception Overview

Perception: the process of interpreting information from the senses.

Theories of perceptual organisation.

- Gibson (1979): Bottom-up theory.

- Gregory (1997): Top-down theory.

Development of perception:

• Nature v Nurture.
• Infant studies.
• Cross-cultural studies.
• Other research, e.g. animal studies.

Face recognition and visual agnosias:

• Face recognition.
• Visual agnosias.

Key studies.

- Gibson (1979): bottom-up perception.

- Gregory (1997): top-down perception.

- Palmer (1975a), (1975b): a = bottom-up and top-down…