Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Belas Artes

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Introduction	Interests in Psychology. 1. Object of study. 2. Distinct visions. 3. Distinct methods.
The world of the perception	1. The eye and the photographic camera. 2. The perception as a mental construct. 3. The science of the perception. 4. Main theories on the perception.
Perceptual Constancy	1. Constancy of the colour. 2. Constancy of the luminosity. 3. Constancy of the form. 4. Constancy of the size.
Perceiving objects and scenes	1. Perceptual organization. The Gestalt. 2. Neural processing. 3. Perceptual Processing. 4. Knowledge, experience and processing.
Perceiving depth	1. Oculomotor cues. 2. Pictorial cues. 3. Motion-produced cues. 4. Binocular disparity.
Visual Illusions	1. Types of illusions. 2. The Horizontal illusion-vertical. 3. The Moon Illusion. 4. The Müller-Lyer Illusion. 5. Ponzo Illusion 6. Ambiguous and impossible figures.
Memory. The approach of the processing of information.	1. Sensory register. 2. Short term memory. 3. Long-term memory. 4. Levels of processing: an alternative to the stage model.
Memory. Forgetting.	1. Theories. 2. Disorders of memory.
Problem solving and creative thinking	1. Convergent and divergent thinking 2. Mental imagery. 3. Tests of creativity. 4. Stages of the creative thinking. 5. The creative personality.
Mental representation of the space: Cognitive maps	1. Cognitive maps. 2. Environmental knowledge. 3. Notion of cognitive map. 4. Empirical researches.