PERCEPTION: THE BUSINESS OF CREATING MEANING

1. Explain how perception is both more and less than sensation.

2. Explain what the Gestalt psychologists meant by the term "gestalt."

3. Explain why the phi phenomenon was considered proof of the gestalt position.

4. List four important implications of the fact that perceptual hypotheses can lead to perceptual set.

5. List and give examples of four of the Gestalt Laws of Grouping.

6. Explain how Helson's adaptation level can be used to increase your happiness. Listening to this story should give you a hint.

7. Study this concept map and then do the related action maze.
   • Concept Map: How perception differs from reality.
   • Action Maze: How perception differs from reality.

8. Do well on this practice quiz.
9. Review this glossary of terms related to perception.

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