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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception


Learning Objectives

Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception

  1. Distinguish between the processes of sensation and perception.
  2. Distinguish between the absolute threshold and the difference threshold.
  3. Describe signal detection theory and distinguish between conservative and liberal responders.
  4. Discuss the controversies surrounding subliminal perception.
  5. Distinguish among sensory adaptation, sensation seeking, and sensory deprivation.
  6. Identify the major structural components of the eye.
  7. Discuss the functions of rods and cones located in the retina.
  8. Describe the processing of visual information by the optic nerve and the visual cortex.
  9. Distinguish among a color's hue, saturation, and brightness.
  10. Distinguish between trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision.
  11. Distinguish among a sound's pitch, loudness, and complexity.
  12. Identify the major structural components of the ear.
  13. Describe the process by which the ear converts sounds waves into neural impulses.
  14. Distinguish among place theory, frequency theory, and volley theory.
  15. Discuss the processes by which the skin senses pressure, temperature, and pain.
  16. Describe gate-control theory of pain.
  17. Describe the kinesthetic and vestibular senses.
  18. Explain how the chemical senses (taste and smell) process information.
  19. Identify and discuss the four components of the perceptual process.
  20. Discuss the processes by which we perceive shapes.
  21. Distinguish between monocular and binocular cues used in depth perception.
  22. Discuss the process involved in the perception of motion.
  23. Describe three types of perceptual constancy.
  24. Discuss the reasons visual illusions occur.
  25. Discuss various research efforts to determine whether perception is innate or learned.
  26. Distinguish among the following types of extrasensory perception: telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis.
  27. Discuss the controversies surrounding the claims of ESP enthusiasts.

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