Psychology GCSE
Fiction and perceptual filling-in
What Fiction and perceptual filling-in means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fiction and perceptual filling-in
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The perceptual system fills in or constructs a whole that is not actually present, as when a shape is implied but not drawn.
Topics that use Fiction and perceptual filling-in
- Perception (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active construction of reality
- Ambiguity and illusory contours
- Ambiguity in perception
- Binocular depth perception
- Constructivist theory of perception
- Cues misapplied by the perceptual system
- Culture
- Detection versus interpretation
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