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Richard Gregory Suggests That Perception is a Process of "Hypothesis Testing". Critically Evaluate This Claim.
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Richard Gregory Suggests That Perception is a Process of "Hypothesis Testing". Critically Evaluate This Claim. Roth (1986) defines perception as "the means by which information is acquired through the sense organs and transformed into experiences of objects, events, sounds and taste." The constructivist psychologist, Richard Gregory (1998) describes such perceptions to be "like the predictive hypotheses of science". His theory of "hypothesis testing" suggests that data from the retinal image interacts with previous appropriate knowledge, creating 'psychological data', whereby the hypotheses try and make sense of it all. Visual illusions occur when hypotheses are applied to the illusionary medium in the same way they would visually be applied to real life settings. However, because of the 'unnatural' organisation of cues in the illusionary medium, the hypothesis that is formed is inappropriate which results in an illusion. I would move this para down. An example of such an illusion is provided by Goldstein...
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