A pilot is landing a plane. The point on the runway she is heading towards seems to stay still, while the ground around it appears to stream outwards towards the edges of her vision.
Explain how Gibson's concept of optic flow accounts for the pilot's perception.
52 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 8.1 Perception, covering 8.1.1 Depth cues, illusions and constancies, 8.1.2 Direct Theory of Perception (Gibson, 1996), 8.1.3 Constructivist Theory of Perception (Gregory, 1970), and 8.1.4 Effects on perceptual set. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.