Unit Outline -
Sensation and Perception
2009-2010 |
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Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
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Thurs Oct 15 |
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Test [MC] – Biological
Bases of Behavior [Ch 2] |
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Fri Oct 16 |
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Test [FRQ] – Biological
Bases of Behavior [Ch 2] |
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Read pages: Lefton 71-81 or
Myers 229-245 |
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Mon Oct 19 |
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Discuss notes on sensation
and the eye |
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Read pages: Lefton 81-96 or
Myers 245-263 |
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Tues Oct 20 |
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Discuss Weber’s Law
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Discuss notes on rest of
the senses and perception |
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Read pages: Lefton 96-110
or Myers 263-285 |
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Wed Oct 21 |
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Discuss notes on rest of
the senses |
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Sensation and Perception
Experiments [due Mon Oct 26] |
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Thurs Oct 22 |
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Discuss notes on perception |
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Fri Oct 23 |
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Math Lab – PsychSim
Visual Illusions
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html
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Write up from lab |
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Mon Oct 26 |
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Discuss notes on perception
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Inattention Blindness Video |
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Tues Oct 27 |
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Math Lab – Case Studies on
Perception
http://www.sciencecases.org/mini_perception/mini_perception.asp |
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Write up from lab |
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Wed Oct 28 |
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Begin Practice FRQ |
Practice FRQ:
Describe a specific
example that clearly demonstrates an understanding of how each of the
following concepts can lead to an inaccurate perception, cognition, or
conclusion. Each example must include an explanation of the
relationship between the concept and the inaccuracy.
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Afterimage effect
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Nonrandom assignment of
research participants
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Monocular Cue
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Top Down Processing
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Sensory Adaptation
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Selective attention
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Absolute threshold
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Opponent-Process theory |
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Thurs Oct 29 |
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Peer Review FRQ |
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Critical Thinking Activity |
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Fri Oct 30 |
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Discuss Critical Thinking
Activity |
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Questions for review or
study guide |
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Mon Nov 2 |
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Review Day |
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Study for Test on Chapter 3 |
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Tues Nov 3 |
No School –
Election Day |
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Wed Nov 4 |
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Objective Test - Chapter 3 |
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Thurs Nov 5 |
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FRQ - Chapter 3 |
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Read pages: Lefton 113-127
or Myers 85-97 |