November 3, 2017

Please bring your AP Psychology Textbook to class Friday!

Friday November 3, 2017

Circle: TBA

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.

Free-Response due Tuesday November 7th:  Must be hand written,  no longer than two pages and following in format discussed class on Wednesday with Ms. Manchester.   This is for a summative grade in the Application Standard.

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: Finishing up who we are.
Optical Illusions
Pheromones
Color Blindness Test
 

Activity: As a class, you will be watching series of brief videos relating to Sensation and Perception. Your job will be as a small group to connect what you have watched to what we are studying. You will have one person who is leading the discussion, i.e. restating the question and keep the group focused, another will be the reporter who will explain to the class what specifically this connects to and how it connects once everyone in your group understands. You will be taking notes that you can add to your unit 4 notes. Please bring your book to class!

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