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Unit 4 - Sensation and Perception

CLICK HERE for the DAILY AGENDA (helpful if you've been absent)
sensation_packet.pdf
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Sensation

Sensory Basics

sensation.pptx
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Taste and Smell

Use the "Taste and Smell" link below to fill out the Taste/Smell portion of your Sensation Packet
Reading Links:
Taste and Smell

More HERE

Picture

Somesthetic Senses

somesthetic_senses.pptx
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Hearing

ear_labeling.pdf
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ear_glossary.pdf
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hearing.pptx
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More on the controversy of the cochlear implant HERE and HERE


Vision

eye_diagram.pdf
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vision.pdf
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Synesthesia

Your name to a synesthete HERE

Perception

Turnbull Study for Study Summary
turnbull_on_perception.pdf
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study_summary_sheet.pdf
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perception_[autosaved].pdf
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Optical Illusions Assignment:
After reading textbook pages 132-137, use the following websites (or others of your choosing) to investigate why certain illusions fool us.  Use notability to paste/screenshot image of an illusion along with a a detailed paragraph that describes why, psychologically, it affects our perception.  (use terms relevant to psychology in your description)
Optical Illusions websites:
Good mix of optical illusions
2014 Finalists for Best Illusions
Best Illusions - a Sampling from Scientific American



Perception/Illusions Reading (for IN CLASS):
perception_reading_from_s.a.m..pdf
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Perception and Culture
 - Using what you know of the Turnbull study and the following article, explain how the environment and our culture can influence our perception of the world.  You must use and underline the following words in your explanation:
  1. perceptual constancy
  2. Kenge
  3. environment
  4. culture
  5. Muller-Lyer Illusion
  6. schema
perception_and_culture.pdf
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CULTURE and PERCEPTION article link HERE

Perception and Attention/ Signal-Detection Theory
sensory-perception_and_selective_attention.pdf
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Depth Perception
visual_cliff_study_-_gibson.walk.pdf
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FRQ

This will be the prompt you see after completing the multiple choice test.  You can prepare mentally for it, but you will not be allowed any resources when you write. 
10 points total (2 points for each term  - define/apply).
frq_prompt_-_sandp.pdf
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Test Review

USE YOUR AP OBJECTIVES PACKET AS A GUIDE!!!
sandp_study_guide.pdf
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Quizlet flashcards HERE
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