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3.1 IntroductionL01 Describe synesthesia
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Synesthesia
3.1 Introduction
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and MeasurementsL02 Describe the process of transduction and adaptationL03 Define sensation and perceptionL03 Explain absolute threshold, subliminal stimulus, just noticeable difference (JND),
and Weber’s law
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Transduction
3.2 Definitions and Measurements
Adaptation
3.2 Definitions and Measurements
A short period of time after putting on glasses, jewelry, or clothes, you no longer “feel” them, a process called adaptation.
Sensations versus Perceptions
3.2 Definitions and Measurements
Stereograms
Measurement:Thresholds and Subliminal Stimuli
3.2 Definitions and Measurements
Just Noticeable difference – JND
3.2 Definitions and Measurements
Weber worked on the problem of how we judge whether a stimulus, such as loud music, has increased or decreasedin intensity.
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual SenseL05 Discuss the role of light waves and the visual spectrum in visionL06 Locate the structures of the eyes and describe their functionsL07 Explain how we adapt to light and dark, see color, and how our
brain processes visual information
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Visual Spectrum
3.3 Visual Sense
Structure of the Eye
3.3 Visual Sense
The Retina
3.3 Visual Sense
Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision
3.3 Visual Sense
Opponent-Process Theory
3.3 Visual Sense
Color Blindness
3.3 Visual Sense
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory SenseL08 Discuss the role of sound waves in hearingL09 Locate the structures of the outer, middle, and inner ear,
and describe their functionsL10 Explain how our brain processes auditory information
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Sound Waves Amplitude
3.4 Auditory Sense
Sound WavesFrequency and Pitch
3.4 Auditory Sense
Decibels and Deafness
3.4 Auditory Sense
Structure of Ear
3.4 Auditory Sense
Kinds of Deafness
3.4 Auditory Sense
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Cochlear Implant
3.4 Auditory Sense
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Child with Cochlear Implant
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical SensesL11 Explain the processes involved in taste and smell or olfcation
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Taste
3.5 Chemical Senses
Olfaction (Smell)
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body SensesL012 Discuss the role of the vestibular system in the positioning
and balancing of our bodiesL013 Locate the receptors in the skin and describe their functionsL014 Define pain, explain how its definition differs from other senses,
and discuss the gate control theory of pain
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Position and Balance
3.6 Body Senses
Touch
3.6 Body Senses
Pain
3.6 Body Senses
The mind can reduce the sensation of pain or even eliminate it, or can cause one to feel pain when there is no physical reason for it to exist.
Gate Control Theory
3.6 Body Senses
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus PerceptionL015 Differentiate sensation and perceptionL016 Explain the process of changing sensations into perceptions
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Sensation versus Perceptions
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
Changing Sensations into Perceptions
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual OrganizationL017 Describe top-down and bottom-up perceptual processing and explain
the differences between themL018 List and explain the Gestalt rules for organizing perceptionsL019 Define perceptual constancy and describe four types of perceptual constancyL020 Explain depth perception, including binocular and monocular depth cues
3.9 Strange Perceptions
Gestalt Rules of Organization
3.8 Perceptual Organization
Perceptual Constancy – SIZE
3.8 Perceptual Organization
Size Constancy
3.8 Perceptual Organization
Brightness and Color Constancy
3.8 Perceptual Organization
Depth Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition and Measurements
3.3 Visual Sense
3.4 Auditory Sense
3.5 Chemical Senses
3.6 Body Senses
3.7 Sensation versus Perception
3.8 Perceptual Organization
3.9 Strange PerceptionsL021 Describe the common illusions we experience and explain their causesL022 Describe ESP and explain how researchers study so-called psychic abilities
Illusions
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Extrasensory PerceptionESP
3.9 Strange Perceptions
ESP includes four general abilities such as: telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance,and psychokinesis.
