Psychology 252Experimental Psychology: Perception |
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Everything is perception. |
Instructor: Tyler S. Lorig, Ph.D.. Text: Wolf, Kluender, Dennis, Bartoshuk, Herz, Klatzky,
& Lederman (2006) Sensation and Perception. Sinaur. Some Interesting Links
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Reading and Lecture Schedule – Fall 2007
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Sept |
6 |
Overview |
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The nature of perception |
Chp 1 |
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The visual system |
Chp 2 & 3 |
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18 |
Seeing color |
Chp 5 |
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20 |
Color lab |
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25 |
Seeing the world |
Chp 7 & 8 |
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27 |
Guest lecture |
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Oct |
2 |
The auditory system |
Chp 9 |
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localizing sounds |
Chp 10 |
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speech |
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Chp 11 |
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16 |
hearing loss |
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Hearing lab |
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23 |
Mid- Term exam due |
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25 |
Smell |
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Chp 13 |
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30 |
more smell |
Chp 13 |
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Nov |
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Taste |
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Chp 14 |
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Chemosensory Lab |
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Touch |
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Chp 12 |
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Problems in perception -
Video |
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Prolems in perception -
perfume |
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27 |
Problems in perecpetion -
time? |
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29 |
Problems in perception -
Music |
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Dec |
4 |
Problems in perception -
Synesthesia |
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6 |
Prospective |
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Assignments
There are three graded "exercises" that are required of each student. Two of these are the exams. Both will be open-book take-home exams due one week after pickup. The last project is a term paper on some topic relevant to this course. Suitable topics range from "The nature of hallucinations in schizophrenia" to "Cross-cultural differences in the selection of cleaning products. Each exercise counts 1/3 of your final grade. In addition to the graded exercise, there are also two other ungraded assignments that will help you learn how to do the two exams. Both of these assignments are due prior to the mid-term exam. We’ll talk more about the exams and these assignments in class.