What’s on the Perception poster
Gibson — direct, bottom-up against Gregory — constructivist, top-down, side by side.
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up: The optic array contains enough information
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up: No inference required
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Affordances: objects signal their use
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Explains skilled action well
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Struggles with illusions
- Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Perception is inference from incomplete data
- Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Prior knowledge fills the gaps
- Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Explains illusions well
- Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Struggles to explain accuracy
- Both operate. Bottom-up dominates with rich, clear stimuli; top-down dominates when i…
Illusions are the key evidence for top-down processing: the same retinal image is interpreted differently by context.
Questions about the Perception poster
- What’s on the Perception (Cognitive) poster?
- Gibson — direct, bottom-up against Gregory — constructivist, top-down, side by side. Gibson — direct, bottom-up: The optic array contains enough information; Gibson — direct, bottom-up: No inference required; Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Affordances: objects signal their use; Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Explains skilled action well; Gibson — direct, bottom-up: Struggles with illusions; Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Perception is inference from incomplete data; Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Prior knowledge fills the gaps; Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Explains illusions well; Gregory — constructivist, top-down: Struggles to explain accuracy; Both operate. Bottom-up dominates with rich, clear stimuli; top-down dominates when i…. Illusions are the key evidence for top-down processing: the same retinal image is interpreted differently by context.
- Who is the Perception (Cognitive) poster for?
- Perception (Cognitive) belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning cognitive can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Perception (Cognitive) poster?
- Gibson says the information is in the light. Gregory says perception is a hypothesis. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Perception (Cognitive) belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Perception (Cognitive)?
- Attention, Cognitive Load and Decision Making sit alongside Perception (Cognitive) in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AttentionCognitive LoadDecision Making
- Is the Perception (Cognitive) poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Perception (Cognitive) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Perception (Cognitive) poster print at?
- Perception (Cognitive) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Perception (Cognitive) loses nothing.Printing guide
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Charts that sit alongside Perception on the same wall.
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