Question

Alyson looks at a picture of arrows and sees white arrows pointing to the right against a black background. She looks at the picture longer, and then sees black arrows pointing to the left against a white background. Her perception of this stimulus is an example of _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

perceptual segregation  

Explanation:

Perceptual segregation: Developed by Gestalt psychologists.

It is defined as a process of separating the foreground from the background which is performed by a person in everyday life. Also known as the figure-ground segregation problem.

Figure-ground perception explains that an individual tends to distinguish images into objects, or figures, and background, or ground.

Gestalt believed that the mind has an innate capability of perceiving different stimulus patterns based on specific rules. This process of perceiving things are differentiated into five categories that is Similarity, Proximity, Closure, Continuity, and connectedness.

Alyson's perception of this stimulus is an example of perceptual segregation.