Assignment task:
This week's Assignment focuses on how we recognize and make sense of objects using concepts from cognitive psychology. You begin by describing a familiar object based only on its visual features - like shape, color, and texture-without naming it. Then, using ideas from the Learning Resources, such as top-down or bottom-up processing, multi-sensory perception, or Gestalt principles, you will explain how your brain identifies the object.
Finally, you will reveal what the object is and reflect on how these concepts influence the way you interact with the world. Completing this task allows you to see how psychological concepts apply to everyday life and deepen your understanding of how perception shapes your experiences. Need Assignment Help?
Reading:
Review the following chapter from this week's Discussion: College of the Canyons. (n.d.). Chapter 10: Perception.
In College of the Canyons, Psych 126: Cognitive psychology (pp. 224-240). College of the Canyons.
Media:
Lewis, D. (2016). 6.5 Object recognition
6.5 Object Recognition [Video]. YouTube.
Submit a 500- to 900-word paper in which you:
1. Briefly describe a familiar object without naming it - focus on its visual details like shape, color, and texture.
2. Drawing on this week's Learning Resources, explain how you would recognize this object using two of the following concepts related to cognition, perception, and recognition:
- Top-down processing
- Bottom-up processing
- Multisensory Perception
- Subliminal Perception
- Gestalt principles
- Other concepts that can help you explain the object
- Reveal the object you described.
- Briefly explain how an understanding of the two concepts you selected might influence how you interact with your environment.
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work by referring to specific information from the learning resources. Cite and reference the sources you used.