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 general anatomy, processes, and functions of the different sensory/perceptual systems.
3.	Be able to engage in meaningful discussions of current approaches to sensation and perception.
4.	Understand the role of theories and models in the study of sensation and perception.
5.	Understand how models are used to generate new psychological knowledge.
6.	Understand how experimental data relate to theories and models of sensory/perceptual processes.

Covered topics may include the following:

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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