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When are Professor Temple's office hours on Thursdays?

2:00- 2:50

How many absences can you have before it starts having a negative effect on your grade?

2

When is the final exam time for this class?

Monday, May 1 at 12:30

Late Assignments - If a project is due on Monday at 12:00pm and you do not turn it in until Tuesday at 4:00pm, what % deduction will you receive on your grade?

20%

How may days are the self-quizzes available after the are opened with the lecture.  (for this answer, refer to the schedule)

7

What percentage of your final grade are the tests worth?

50%

 The physical process of experiencing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell is known as

sensation

The study of human behavior and well-being in relation to the sociophysical environment is known as

environment-behavior, environmental psychology

Design psychology is the application of theories of psychology to the __________ of interactions, objects, and spaces

Design

Consumer behavior studies the process people use in getting, using, and _____________ of products, services, experiences, and ideas.

dispose

The way we interpret sensations and make sense of everything around us is known as

perception

____________ is the sensory experience of movement.

kinesthesia

An object with no distinctive shape could be described as ______________

amorphous

A line is a ______ dimensional stoke that is greater in length than in ______

one width

A line is created by movement and thus suggests __________

direction

What type of line is perceived as having action and movement?

diagonal

The term ‘form’ can be applied to any ________dimensional object.

three

What type of line is perceived as restful or has a lack of motion?

horizontal

A shape that has characteristics similar to that of an animal (also reptile, bird) is __________

zoomorphic

What type of line is perceived as humanizing, soft, and graceful?

curved

An object with a shape that appears human-like is described as __________

biomorphic

What type of line is perceived as solid and formal?

vertical

A shape can be created by an outline or by a change in color or value which defines the objects

outer edge

What type of shape is perceived as energetic, yet stable?

triangle

Optical density can be accomplished with __________, texture, color or by massing

pattern

__________is the surface quality of an item that can be seen or felt.

texture

Wear and tear' is considered to be reflecting the design element of ________.

time

The distance at which we view an object affects our ability to see its ________.

texture

The height difference between high and low areas of a texture is called  ________

relief

The term ‘form’ can be applied to any ________dimensional object

three

Mass is considered the weight of an object whereas __________is considered the quantity of the object

volume

Our attitude changes as the element of time affects our __________.

age

Objects which have a light color and a low relief texture are

perceived as having __________mass – they appear ‘light’ in visual mass. 

less

Like shapes, repeated in the same position on either side of a central axis, is known as _________ balance.

symmetrical

Which type of scale relates to how objects are designed to fit people?

human

A type of rhythm in which identical items or motifs are placed in a specific repeating order is known as __________ (for example, small -large- small-large)

alternation

The principles of design are the methods in which to _____________the elements

organize

In __________balance, elements are arranged around a central point.

radial

_____relates to the size of objects against a measurable scale, or other standard of reference such as a yard stick.

scale

When all parts of a composition are in agreement, there is _________.

unity

Several different design elements all used together to hold the viewer's attention provides ___________.

variety

A series of items or motifs placed in a regular 'progression' of steps  from small to large is ________________.

gradation

The proportioning system invented by the Ancient Greeks is called the __________ Section or Mean.

golden

The concept of simple figure-ground allows us to differentiate an object (the figure) from its __________ area (the ground)

surrounding

Emphasis or focal point can be created in a grouping by the use of a dissimilar object known as  a/an __________.

anomaly

The laws of 'perceptual organization" state that humans mentally organize what they see because we seek __________ in our world

meaning

Which variation of the Gestalt principle of Figure-ground happens when the illusion has two alternate points of view (i.e. the rabbit and the duck)

ambiguity

Measuring and counting quantities and amounts are two methods that are the foundation of the _________ research method

scientific

The eye is compelled to move through an object, according to the Gestalt principle of __________.

continuation

The five Gestalt Principles we are studying relate to which of our senses?

sight

Gestalt psychology has its beginnings during a time when science was focused on breaking down elements into their ____________ components (like the atom)

Smallest

The Gestalt Principle of ___________occurs when objects share visual characteristics

similarity

We use the Gestalt principle of __________ when we perceive a partial object by mentally filling in missing information.

closure

Which variation of the Gestalt Principle of Figure-Ground happens when the background and foreground appear to 'flip'.

reversal

We see objects as belonging together when they are placed close together, creating a group. This is the Gestalt theory of __________.

proximity

The Moon Illusion is the result of viewing the moon within the _______ of its immediate visual environment. 

context

The process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell is referred to as __________.

sensation

Which optical illusion must we pay attention to when designing with line, such as not wanting to have something appear shorter/taller or thinner/wider than we intend. 

Mueller-Lyre

The process involved in receiving stimuli to our sense receptors is the passive process of __________.

sensation

The process involved with organizing and interpreting stimuli and translating it into something meaningful is the active process of __________.

perception

The Mueller-Lyre illusion occurs when we misjudge the __________of identical lines due to added content, such as arrowheads.

length

Which optical illusion is the basis for perspective drawing? 

Mueller-Lyre

__________ of Vision is when an image stays on our retina briefly, allowing us to relate it to the next image. 

persistence

The Phi Phenomenon is an optical illusion of apparent __________ caused by a succession of stationary images.

motion

The Ebbinghaus Illusion occurs when we misjudge the relative __________ of identical objects due to the size of surrounding objects.

size

When a misleading image is presented to our vision or when we are mislead intellectually, we experience __________

illusion

A term used to describe 'thinking' or brain processes including memory is called __________

cognitive

According to Gibson, the object we see, plus its context, is the ' _______' stimulus

true

Perception is difficult to define because it is a complex system, which varies with each person’s experience, memory, and __________.

expectations

A cultural difference in the perception of depth (and distance) relates to whether a society lives rectangular construction or in __________construction.

organic

The __________ component of the Model of Perception occurs when we try to apply meaning to what we are seeing by comparing it to what we already know.  

interpretation

The behavioral theory of __________ is based on the human need to survive and get along with the world.

functionalism

The Brunswick ________ Model of Perception describes how we tend to 'focus' stimuli from the environment into meaning. 

lens

The __________component of the Model of Perception occurs when we make a judgment about what we are seeing.

evaluative

The historic Color Wheel developed by Sir Isaac Newton that we use for mixing paints art and design contains how many colors?

12

Rods and cones are two of the receptors on the retina of our eyes. Which of the two help us see color?

cones

The color we see is effected by the ___________ color, as shown in the phenomenon of simultaneous contrast. 

after image

The effect of __________ contrast produces an 'after image' of the complementary color. 

simultaneous

__________ is the phenomenon that occurs when a color looks different under different sources of light.

metamerism

Our perception of the various colors we see depends on not just the light-object-eye interface, but also interpretation in the _________

brain

Energy reaching us in the form of light waves of visible color is called _________ color.

spectral

The visual perception 'process' requires (3) components. Source (light), object and __________( eye/brain).

detector

Dogs and honey bees both see __________, but not in the same range as humans.

color

The small section of the visible spectrum (that humans see) lies in the center of the much larger __________ spectrum. 

electromagnetic

In the Additive Color System, all colors combined produce __________.

white

The absence of color is known as __________.

achromatic

One way we can reduce the vibrating effect of complementary colors is to reduce the _________ of the colors.

intensity

Color cannot exist without __________.

light

Blue and yellow make green in which Color Mixing System?

subtractive

Rods and cones are two of the receptors on the retina of our eyes. Which of the two help us see in dim light?

Rods

The phrase "got the blues" is an example of how we associate color with emotions based on the ___________ we use

language

In the scientific color study presented in class, the hue most associated with optimism is __________.

yellow

According to the scientific study presented in class, Color Language is influenced by culture, gender, and the   __________ in which we see the color.

context

Researchers propose that color is actually a 'language' we use to create ___________. 

meaning

Color associations such as blue is for boys and pink is for girls are not innate, they are ______________ associations.

learned

In the research study presented in class, scientists examined the relationships between color and emotion to better understand the _________ of color. 

impact

In the scientific color study presented in class, three colors showed no age relationship/bias. These were blue, green and __________.

yellow

Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions is one way that scientists have organized the many associations between emotions and __________. 

colors

In the scientific color study presented in class, it was found that the color black and the color _________ were the only 'focused' colors because they are reflected in only one quadrant; this means that they have very specific emotions associated with them.

purple

In the scientific color study presented in class, the methodology the scientists use to collect their information was a _________________.

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