Hamlet --- The Age of Elizabeth

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Hamlet --- The Age of ElizabethIntroduces the work of perceptual psychologist J. J. Gibson, the first to conclude that some kind of information must be generated by visual stimulation to form a perception of the visual world. Focuses on the practical problem of landing an aircraft to discuss perceptual cues used to infer distance, height, and speed. Employs demonstrations and documentary film to ce and contrast two theories of perception: inference-based and ecological. Narrated by John Pickering of Warwick University. From the Introduction to Psychology series.

Complete Record: Hamlet --- The Age of Elizabeth Introduces the work of perceptual psychologist J. J. Gibson, the first to conclude that some kind of information must be generated by visual stimulation to form a perception of the visual world. Focuses on the practical problem of landing an aircraft to discuss perceptual cues used to infer distance, height, and speed. Employs demonstrations and documentary film to ce and contrast two theories of perception: inference-based and ecological. Narrated by John Pickering of Warwick University. From the Introduction to Psychology series.