Calendar

Chapter Notes

Inattention Blindness Video

 

Unit Outline - Sensation and Perception

2009-2010

Date

Classwork

Homework

Thurs Oct 15

§   Test [MC] – Biological Bases of Behavior [Ch 2]

 

Fri Oct 16

§   Test [FRQ] – Biological Bases of Behavior [Ch 2]

§   Read pages: Lefton 71-81 or Myers 229-245

Mon Oct 19

§    Discuss notes on sensation and the eye

§   Read pages: Lefton 81-96 or Myers 245-263

Tues Oct 20

§   Discuss Weber’s Law

§   Discuss notes on rest of the senses and perception

§   Read pages: Lefton 96-110 or Myers 263-285

Wed Oct 21

§   Discuss notes on rest of the senses

§   Sensation and Perception Experiments [due Mon Oct 26]

Thurs Oct 22

§   Discuss notes on perception

 

Fri Oct 23

§   Math Lab – PsychSim Visual Illusions

 http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html

§   Write up from lab

Mon Oct 26

§   Discuss notes on perception

§   Inattention Blindness Video

 

Tues Oct 27

§   Math Lab – Case Studies on Perception

http://www.sciencecases.org/mini_perception/mini_perception.asp

§   Write up from lab

Wed Oct 28

§   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.

§   Afterimage effect

§   Nonrandom assignment of research participants

§   Monocular Cue

§   Top Down Processing

§   Sensory Adaptation

§   Selective attention

§   Absolute threshold

§   Opponent-Process theory

Thurs Oct 29

§   Peer Review FRQ

§   Critical Thinking Activity

Fri Oct 30

§   Discuss Critical Thinking Activity

§   Questions for review or study guide

Mon Nov 2

§   Review Day

§   Study for Test on Chapter 3

Tues Nov 3

No School – Election Day

 

Wed Nov 4

§   Objective Test - Chapter 3

 

Thurs Nov 5

§   FRQ - Chapter 3

§   Read pages: Lefton 113-127 or Myers 85-97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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