Ψ Psychology Ψ
Ms. Rust
SENSATION & PERCEPTION UNIT
MONDAY
25
TUESDAY
26
WEDNESDAY
26
THURSDAY
28
FRIDAY
March 1
Sensation –
Processing &
Attention
Due: None
HW: “The Eye” sheet
for Wednesday (See
p.138-142)
4
NO SCHOOL –
CASMIR
PULASKI DAY
5
Sensation –
Thresholds &
Subliminal
Perception
6
7
8
Sensation - Vision
Sensation –
Hearing
Sensation – Other
Senses & ExtraSensory Perception
Due: None
Due: “The Eye”
sheet
Due: “The Ear and
Hearing” sheet
Due: None
HW: “The Ear and
Hearing” sheet
(p.145-148)
13
HW: None
HW: Read/notes
p.159-161
14
15
Motion Perception,
Perceptual
Constancies &
Perceptual Set
Due: p.170-174
“Brain Games”
Due: None
HW: Study for Test
HW: Study for Test
HW: “The Eye”
sheet (p.138-142)
11
12
Perception – Gestalt Perception – Depth
Perception
Due: p.159-161
Due: None
HW: None
HW: Read/notes
p.170-174
Sensation &
Perception Test
TERMS TO KNOW (Follow as you read the book)
Module 8: Sensation
Processing and Attention (p.134-138)
Sensation
Bottom-up processing
Perception
Top-down processing
Absolute threshold
*Subliminal messages
Difference threshold
Signal detection theory
Sensory adaptation
Selective attention
*Inattentional blindness
*Change blindness
The Visual System (p.138-144)
Hue, brightness
Cornea
Iris
Pupil
Lens
Retina
Receptor cells (photoreceptors)
Rods & cones
Fovea
Blind spot
Optic nerve
Color Vision
Trichromatic (three-color) theory
Opponent process theory
*Afterimage
The Ear & Hearing (p.145-148)
Pitch (hertz)
Loudness (dB)
Auditory canal
Eardrum (tympanic membrane)
Ossicles ( hammer, anvil, stirrup)
Cochlea & hair cells
*=in-class
Auditory nerve
Sound localization
Our Other Senses – Taste, Touch Smell
(p.149-153)
Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami
Taste receptor cells
Supertasters or non-tasters
Olfactory receptors
Taste/smell interaction
Gate-control theory
Kinesthetic sense
Vestibular sense
*Synaesthesia
Module 9: Perception
Gestalt Organizational Principles (p.159161)
Gestalt
Figure-ground relationships
Grouping: similarity, proximity, closure, continuity
Depth Perception (p.162-169)
Depth perception
Visual cliff
Binocular cues: retinal disparity, convergence
Monocular cues: relative size, relative motion,
interposition, relative height, texture gradient,
relative clarity, linear perspective
Motion perception: stroboscopic motion, phi
phenomenon
Perceptual Constancy & Perceptual Set
(p.170-174)
Perceptual constancies: shape, size, lightness
Perceptual set
*Perceptual adaptation
*Extrasensory perception: precognition, telepathy,
telekinesis, clairvoyance