Course Description
Literature in the fundamental aspects of sensation and perception.
Athena Title
SENSORY PSYCHOLOGY
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in PSYC 6920
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course students should: 1. Have gained a general understanding and appreciation of their sensory/perceptual systems. 2. Have an understanding of the anatomy, processes, and functions of the different sensory/perceptual systems. 3. Have gained first hand experience about many perceptual abilities/systems through the lab portion of the class. 4. Be able to engage in meaningful discussions of current approaches to sensation and perception. 5. Understand the role of theories and models in the study of sensation and perception. 6. Understand how models are used to generate new psychological knowledge. 7. Understand how experimental data relate to theories and models of sensory/ perceptual processes.
Topical Outline
1. Historical perspectives on significant discoveries, contributors, and major issues and trends forming the area 2. Psychophysics 3. Basic neurophysiology and neuropsychology related to sensation and perception 4. Vision 5. Audition 6. Taste 7. Smell 8. Somatosensory systems (e.g., touch, pressure, pain, warm and cold, kinesthesis) 9. Individual differences, defects and possible corrections, and development of abilities may also be included.
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