I was going to suggest the very exercise you discuss below: have your students take a walk around campus and look for familiar shapes. I bet that any such walk would result in a positive finding.
Michael Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Should be cool Mike, but some plug-in failed and so I was not able to link > to it. I also talk about pareidolia in class when covering Gestalt > principles. I present an outline of forms that induce a Christ > after-image, and want to get something similar to god faces from other > religions to illustrate cultural factors in such perception. Culture and > perceptual set can thus be explored as well. I once took a small group of > students around campus to look at walls, ceilings, etc and we "found" some > verrry interesting images. Can be especially fun around Halloween. And, > oh yeah, we did discuss some psych principles ha. Gary > > > Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. > Professor, Psychology > Saginaw Valley State University > University Center, MI 48710 > 989-964-4491 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- ---
