November 15, 2017

Wednesday November 15, 2017

Circle: Are you more of a person "who loves to win" or "hates to loose"?

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.  Sensation refers to how we detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals.  Perception refers to how we select, organize and interpret this information.  Sensation provides the raw information that perception constructs into our experiences.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Activity: We will be watching two or three crash courses if time allows and you will be self assessing on your grasp of content. You will be taking notes and assessing your knowledge and looking for gaps in understanding.

Crash Course Sensation and Perception

Crash Course Homunculus

Crash Course Perceiving is believing

Study Tools
AP Psychology Crash Courses
Mnemonic
Quizlets
Online Multiple Choice Practice test
Study Guide
AP Study Notes


Exit Ticket: What is one big thing you will take away from this class today?