Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter you should be able to:

  • What is perception?
  • What is the purpose of perception?
  • How do our sensory systems affect our perception of the world?
  • Do we control our perceptions or can we perceive automatically?
  • Why do we sometimes perceive things incorrectly?
  • What does it mean for something to be “more than the sum of its parts”?
  • How does perception aid in action?