Sensation+and+Perception

1. Define and apply the basic principles of sensation: thresholds, signal detection, sensory adaptation, and selective attention. 2. Explain how structures and receptor cels in the eye work together to detect light waves and change them into neural impulses. 3. Describe how the trichromatic theory and opponent-process theory explain color vision. 4. Name the structures of the ear, and describe how they work to detect sound waves and change them to neural impulses. 5. Explain how receptor cells in the nose, tongue and skin allow us to sense smells, tastes and touch. 6. Use concepts from sensation and perception to explain how visual illusions work.
 * Unit Goals:**
 * Sensation**

1. Apply Gestalt principles to examples of visual perception. 2. Explain why we can see in three dimensions 3. Define the types of perceptual constancy and apply them to examples of visual perception. 4. Discuss how perceptual sets determine how we interpret sensations. 5. Discuss how the principles of perception explain visual illusions.
 * Perception:**

//Transduction, Sensory adaptation, Sensory habituation(perceptual adaptation), selective attention, Cocktail-party phenomenon, Sensation, Perception, Energy senses, Chemical senses, Vision, Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Feature detectors, Optic nerve, Occipital lobe, Visible light, Rods and cones, Fovea, Blind spot, Trichromatic theory, color blindness, Afterimages, Opponent-process theory, Hearing, Sound waves, Amplitude, pitch, Frequency, Cochlea, Pitch theories, Place theory, Frequency theory, Conduction deafness, Nerve deafness, touch, Gate-control theory, taste(gustation), smell(olfaction, vestibular sense, kinesthetic sense, absolute threshold, subliminal messages, difference threshold, Weber's law, signal detection theory, top-down processing, perceptual set, bottom-up processing, figure-ground, grouping, retinal disparity, convergence, perceptual constancy, extrasensory perception (ESP), Gestalt rules, proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, constance, size constancy, shape constancy, brightness constance, depth cues, David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel, Ernst Weber, Gustav Fechner, Eleanor Gibson,//
 * Key Terms/People:**


 * [|Sensation and Perception Resources including presentations, worksheets, sites, games, and videos are here]**


 * Learning Objectives as listed by the College Board**

= Day 1: Review Bio Psych Test and Introduce new unit: Sensation and Perception: =

[|Top Down vs. Bottom up Processing Presentation]

 * Review:**

1. Define and apply the basic principles of sensation: thresholds (absolute and difference), signal detection, sensory adaptation, and selective attention to explain how a mother would be able to find her crying child on a crowded playground. 2. Explain how structures and receptor cells in the eye work together to detect light waves and change them into neural impulses. 3. Describe how the trichromatic theory and opponent-process theory explain color vision. 4. Name the structures of the ear, and describe how they work to detect sound waves and change them to neural impulses. 5. Explain how receptor cells in the nose, tongue and skin allow us to sense smells, tastes and touch.
 * Watch the video lectures below and take notes on the following questions: **

**Resources:** What theories help us understand color vision? [|Color Vision ppt]

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__[|Anatomy of the Eye]__
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**HW:** Read pp229-255 Review as necessary to answer the questions for the day:
=== 1. Define and apply the basic principles of sensation: thresholds (absolute and difference), signal detection, sensory adaptation, and selective attention to explain how a mother would be able to find her crying child on a crowded playground. ===

3. Describe how the trichromatic theory and opponent-process theory explain color vision.
= Day 2: Sensation/Hearing, Smell, Touch, Kinesthetic = 1. Define and apply the basic principles of sensation: thresholds (absolute and difference), signal detection, sensory adaptation, and selective attention to explain how a mother would be able to find her crying child on a crowded playground. 2. Explain how structures and receptor cells in the eye work together to detect light waves and change them into neural impulses. 3. Describe how the trichromatic theory and opponent-process theory explain color vision.
 * Do Now: Make sure you can answer the following:**

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Name the structures of the ear, and describe how they work to detect sound waves and change them to neural impulses.media type="youtube" key="7O-adw-HyrQ" width="560" height="315"

Sensorineural Hearing Loss: media type="youtube" key="U_HUgzhmq4U" width="560" height="315"

Conduction Deafness: media type="youtube" key="dbFidiJhEl0" width="420" height="315"

**Activity 1:** Review Sensation and Perception Crash Courses:
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** Quiz! **
===1. Define and apply the basic principles of sensation: thresholds (absolute and difference), signal detection, sensory adaptation, and selective attention to explain how a mother would be able to find her crying child on a crowded playground.===

Read pp 256-275
= Day 3: Perception =

**Questions for the day:**
===1. Apply Gestalt principles to examples of visual perception. ( How did the Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization, and how do figure-ground and grouping principles contribute to our perceptions?) ===

1. [|Review Sensation Presentation as a class]
===Go over, volley principle, Weber's law, transduction, hue vs brightness, pitch vs. volume, and the amplitude and frequency of wavelengths, specifics of absolute/difference threshold (50% of the time....), subliminal messages, place theory, frequency theory, phantom limb, placebo effect, 5 tastes, taste vs. flavor, smell, vestibular and kinesthetic sense.===

2. Short Answer Practice:
=== A soldier is assigned to keep watch over his base camp at night. If he detects any signs of trouble he is to report it to his commanding officer. If he does not detect an intruder in time, he and his fellow soldiers may be attacked. Define each of the following structures / concepts and describe how each would affect the soldier’s ability to do his job. ===

6. Linear Perspective
Example: media type="youtube" key="pw5ETGiiBRg" width="420" height="315"

[|Vision and Art Depth Cues Online Interactive]

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 * Optional Video Summary of Unit Material:**

**Exit Slip:**
===1. Apply Gestalt principles to examples of visual perception. ( How did the Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization, and how do figure-ground and grouping principles contribute to our perceptions?) ===

= Day 4: Review/Illusions =

[|Optical Illusions Lessons and Activities]
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Change Blindness: media type="custom" key="23903596"

Explain what is happening when you go through this exercise using principles of perception.
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McGurk Effect:
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Use at least 3 illusion examples from class to support your answer.

 * Homework:** Review for exam. **I STRONGLY recommend watching the discovering psychology segments part 1 and 2 with notes below.**

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You may use some of the links below for additional review:

[|Sensation and Perception Reading Summary from //How to get a 5.....//]

[|Sensation and Perception Who Wants to Be A Millionaire]

[|Sensation and Perception Jeopardy]

[|Sensation and Perception Review Terms]


 * [|Sensation Practice MC Test] **


 * [|Perception Practice MC Test]**

= Day 5: Unit Test! = = = [|PBS Newshour clip about how opiods impact our perception of pain (stat at approx 43 min)] = =