Meyers Psychology Unit IV
Sensation and Perception
Module 16 Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception (p. 151-162)
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Address the following topics from Module 16 (Read and outline the book, minimal definitions
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Prosopagnosia
Sensation
Perception
Bottom up Processing
Top down Processing
Selective Attention
Cocktail Party Effect
In Attentional Blindness
Change Blindness
Popout
Transduction
Absolute Thresholds
Detecting Weak Stimulus
Signal Detection Theory
Subliminal
According to the text, what creates conscious awareness?
JND
Weber’s Law
Read Think Critically About: “Can subliminal messages control our behavior?” (p. 158)
Sensory Adaptation
Module 17 Influences on Perception (p. 163-170)
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Perceptual Set
Context Effects
How does emotion and motivation affect perception?
ESP – Parapsychology (Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition)
Module 18 Vision (p. 172-182)
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Visual Stimuli
Wavelength
Intensity
The Eye
a. Cornea
b. Pupil
c. Iris
d. Lens
e. Retina
Accommodation
The Retina
Rods
Cones
Optic Nerve
Blind Spot
Fovea
Copy the Eyeball Chart pg.172
Copy the Chart #18.1 pg. 174
Adaptation/Habituation
What are “Feature Detectors”?
How is the brain organized for specific visual tasks?
Parallel Processing
Color Vision
Trichromatic Theory
Opponent Process Theory
Module 19 Visual Organization and Interpretation (p. 182-193)
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Gestalt tendency in the brain
Necker Cube
Discrimination of Stimuli
Figure/Ground
Grouping
Depth Perception
Visual Cliff Experiment
Binocular Cues
Retinal Disparity
3-D Movies
Carnivores and Herbivores and depth perception
Monocular Cues
Aspects of Depth see Fig 19.5 pg. 186
a. Relative Height
b. Relative Motion
c. Relative Size
d. Linear Perspective
e. Light and Shadow
f. Interposition
14. Perceptual Constancy
(This is complicated, what are the main elements you should understand? Try to understand the book
and look it up online after if you don’t understand… try to be clear in your basic outline)
15. Moon Illusion
16. Ames Room
17. What is the main idea with Visual Interpretation
Module 20 Hearing (p. 194-201)
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How do we hear?
Amplitude
Frequency
Know the anatomy and working of the ear
What are the parts of the middle ear
Pg. 196 Draw the middle ear
Identify the 2 types of hearing loss
Ringing Ears
Perceiving Loudness
Theories of Audition
Module 21 The Other Senses (p. 202-213)
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Touch
Pain
Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy
What are the factors that impact sensitivity to pain?
Nociceptors
Gate Control Theory
Phantom Limb Pain
Psychological Influences on Pain
Social influences on pain
Distraction
Taste
Smell
Odor and Emotion
Kinesthesia
Vestibular Sense