Sensation & Perception - test November 16 (with Consciousness)
Everything that organisms know about the world is first encountered when stimuli in the environment activate sensory organs, initiating awareness of the external world. Perception involves the interpretation of the sensory inputs as a cognitive process.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to Sensation) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune (click to link to Perception) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune has has a great summary of sensation (click to link to website).
The Psychology Commune has has great summaries of vision (click to link to website).
The Psychology Commune has has a great summary of perception (click to link to website).
Try the Sensation Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Try the Perception Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Video - Crash Course on Sensation & Perception
Video - Crash Course on Sensory Receptors
Video - Crash Course on Perception
Video - Brain Tricks: This is How Your Brain Works
Video - Perception of Pain
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Sensation & Perception
Article - Women with tetrachromaty have a 4th type of cone that allows them to see more colors
Article - Why do People have Red Eyes in Photos?
Simulation - Distracted Driving Simulation
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Basics of Sensation & Perception
*Flashcards - Module 16
*Module 16 Flip It Video - Signal Detection Theory
*Module 16 Flip It Video - Top-Down & Bottom-Up Processing
Influences on Perception
*Flashcards - Module 17
Vision:
*Flashcards - Module 18
*Module 18 Flip It Video - Feature Detectors
*Module 18 Flip It Video - Rods and Cones in the Retina
*PsychSim 5 - Colorful World
Visual Organization & Interpretation
*Flashcards - Module 19
*Module 19 Flip It Video - Gestalt Psychology
*Module 19 Flip It Video - Monocular Cues
Hearing
*Flashcards - Module 20
*Module 20 Flip It Video - Theories of Hearing
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 1
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 2
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 3
*Animations: Sound and Sound Localization, part 1
*Animations: Sound and Sound Localization, part 2
The Other Senses
*Flashcards - Module 21
*Module 21 Flip It Video - Theories of Pain
Everything that organisms know about the world is first encountered when stimuli in the environment activate sensory organs, initiating awareness of the external world. Perception involves the interpretation of the sensory inputs as a cognitive process.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
- Discuss basic principles of sensory transduction, including absolute threshold, difference threshold, signal detection, and sensory adaptation.
- Describe sensory processes (e.g., hearing, vision, touch, taste, smell, vestibular, kinesthesis, pain), including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
- Explain common sensory disorders (e.g., visual and hearing impairments).
- Describe general principles of organizing and integrating sensation to promote stable awareness of the external world (e.g., Gestalt principles, depth perception).
- Discuss how experience and culture can influence perceptual processes (e.g., perceptual set, context effects).
- Explain the role of top-down processing in producing vulnerability to illusion.
- Discuss the role of attention in behavior.
- Challenge common beliefs in parapsychological phenomena.
- Identify the major historical figures in sensation and perception (e.g., Gustav Fechner, David Hubel, Ernst Weber, Torsten Wiesel).
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to Sensation) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune (click to link to Perception) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune has has a great summary of sensation (click to link to website).
The Psychology Commune has has great summaries of vision (click to link to website).
The Psychology Commune has has a great summary of perception (click to link to website).
Try the Sensation Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Try the Perception Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Video - Crash Course on Sensation & Perception
Video - Crash Course on Sensory Receptors
Video - Crash Course on Perception
Video - Brain Tricks: This is How Your Brain Works
Video - Perception of Pain
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Sensation & Perception
Article - Women with tetrachromaty have a 4th type of cone that allows them to see more colors
Article - Why do People have Red Eyes in Photos?
Simulation - Distracted Driving Simulation
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Basics of Sensation & Perception
*Flashcards - Module 16
*Module 16 Flip It Video - Signal Detection Theory
*Module 16 Flip It Video - Top-Down & Bottom-Up Processing
Influences on Perception
*Flashcards - Module 17
Vision:
*Flashcards - Module 18
*Module 18 Flip It Video - Feature Detectors
*Module 18 Flip It Video - Rods and Cones in the Retina
*PsychSim 5 - Colorful World
Visual Organization & Interpretation
*Flashcards - Module 19
*Module 19 Flip It Video - Gestalt Psychology
*Module 19 Flip It Video - Monocular Cues
Hearing
*Flashcards - Module 20
*Module 20 Flip It Video - Theories of Hearing
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 1
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 2
*Animations: Sound and the Cochlea, part 3
*Animations: Sound and Sound Localization, part 1
*Animations: Sound and Sound Localization, part 2
The Other Senses
*Flashcards - Module 21
*Module 21 Flip It Video - Theories of Pain