The present study presented two experiments and a series of demonstrations to test models on Muller-Lyer illusion. Experiment 1 compared measures of illusion between adults and children. Adults showed more illusions of length than children. Experiment...
The present study presented two experiments and a series of demonstrations to test models on Muller-Lyer illusion. Experiment 1 compared measures of illusion between adults and children. Adults showed more illusions of length than children. Experiment 2 manipulated the experiences of building pictures within children. The experienced condition immedietly produced significant illusions. The results of experiment 1 and 2 suggested that the perceptual experiences produced illusions not because the learned mecvhanism of distance-size correction was acquired, but because the possible built-in mechanism was activated. A series of demonstration verified the fallcy of the distance-size correction model based on Constructualism and proposed the stimulus-relation analysis model based on Gestalt.