Psychology / Unit 4 Psych 0451 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Figure-Ground
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The idea
Figure-ground organization is the perceptual separation of an object from the background it sits against.
In practice
A reversible image alternates between two faces and a vase, and never shows both at once.
Where people slip
Figure-ground assignment is automatic and unstable. It cannot be suspended by deciding to see both.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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