Factors that affect perception Thursday 15 th March 2007 Foundation State one everyday visual illusion Higher State one everyday visual illusion and explain it

Learning objective To be able to explain the factors that affect perception

Connect the learning Motivation Perceptual set Emotion Previous experience Context Perceptual defence Perceptual sensitisation

Demonstrate Describe one study in which a factor affecting perception was investigated. Indicate the reason for the study, the method used, the results obtained and the conclusions drawn.

Foundation Complete some revision cards Higher Read Gregory’s theory of cues and hypotheses

Plenary Difference between perception and sensation Visual illusions Parts of the eye and their functions Depth perception Monocular and binocular cues Everyday distortions Factors affecting perception