Effects of Fog on Distance and Speed Perception, psychology homework help

Imagine you are driving your car on a foggy evening.
There is another car in front of you driving at an acceptable speed.
The driver of the car in front of you applies the breaks and you apply
yours. You believe you have remained behind at what seems to be a safe
distance and have slowed down at what seems to be an appropriate speed.
However, you suddenly rear-end the car in front of you.

Think about what might have happened to
your distance and speed perception and whether the fog had something to
do with hampering your judgment.

Read the following two articles regarding the effect of fog on distance and speed perception:

• Brooks, J. O., Crisler, M. C., Klein, N.,
  Goodenough, R., Beeco, R. W., Guirl, C., . . . Beck, C. (2011). Speed
  choice and driving performance in simulated foggy conditions. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 43(3), 698–705. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/science
  /article/pii/S0001457510002939
• Caro, S., Cavallo, V., Marendaz, C., Boer, E. R.,
  & Vienne, F. (2009). Can headway reduction in fog be explained by
  impaired perception of relative motion? Human Factors, 51(3), 378–392. http://hfs.sagepub.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/content/51/3/378.full.pdf+html

Using the above articles, as well as your
textbook and module readings, the Argosy University online library
resources, and the Internet, explain the sensation and perception
processes that led you to misjudge the distance and speed in foggy
conditions.

Be sure to address the following in your response:

• What was the path that the image of the car took through the visual system?
• What are the perceptual processes involved in depth (distance) perception and speed (movement) perception?
• How does fog affect these perceptual processes?
• How do the bottom-up and top-down approaches explain your faulty perception of distance and speed?
• What other factors (physiological or environmental) could affect the perception of distance and speed, and cause the accident?

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Be
sure to include a title page and a reference page. Apply APA standards
to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.