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EXAMINATION OF CONTEXT EFFECTS IN VISUAL PERCEPTION

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1973
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A "same-different" reaction time paradigm was used to investigate the influence of context on the perception of multiple object scenes consisting of "real-world" objects. The relationships among these objects were manipulated to compose four different contextual arrangements. This enabled an investigation of three aspects of context: familiarity, physical plausibility, and belongingness. Differences in reaction time between the four levels of context were significant for both same and different responses. Furthermore, a correlational analysis indicated individual differences in the use of contextual effects. Those subjects who were most influenced by whether or not the objects belonged together, were least influenced by the disruption of the rules of physical plausibility, and vice versa. Correlational analyses concerned with the relationship between individual differences in context effects and emphasis on structural versus analytic processing (Hock, 1973) were insignificant, though in the predicted direction.
Title: AN EXAMINATION OF CONTEXT EFFECTS IN VISUAL PERCEPTION.
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Name(s): GORDON, GREGORY PETER
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1973
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 51 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: A "same-different" reaction time paradigm was used to investigate the influence of context on the perception of multiple object scenes consisting of "real-world" objects. The relationships among these objects were manipulated to compose four different contextual arrangements. This enabled an investigation of three aspects of context: familiarity, physical plausibility, and belongingness. Differences in reaction time between the four levels of context were significant for both same and different responses. Furthermore, a correlational analysis indicated individual differences in the use of contextual effects. Those subjects who were most influenced by whether or not the objects belonged together, were least influenced by the disruption of the rules of physical plausibility, and vice versa. Correlational analyses concerned with the relationship between individual differences in context effects and emphasis on structural versus analytic processing (Hock, 1973) were insignificant, though in the predicted direction.
Identifier: 13558 (digitool), FADT13558 (IID), fau:10401 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
Subject(s): Visual perception
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