Sensation+&+Perception

=Sensation and Perception= This unit looks at how we perceive the world through a study of our senses. Below are some highlights for you. Additionally, there are links to most class handouts for this unit.

1. Sensation and perception help humans interpret, adapt to, organize, and understand the world around us.
 * Enduring Understandings:**

1. How are sensation and perception interrelated? 2. How do the five senses receive and translate signals to the brain for processing? 3. How does the brain process sensory signals? 4. What factors play a role in perception and how can these factors be altered by learning and environment?
 * Essential Questions:**

absolute threshold, difference threshold, Just Noticable Difference, Weber's Law, signal detection theory, subliminal message, cornea, lens, pupil, iris, retina, rods, cones, fovea, optic nerve, blind spot, sensory adaptation, binocular/stereoscopic vision, after-image, opponent process theory, visual cliff, motion parallax, gestalt, figure-ground, pinna, tympanic membrane, cochlea, basilar membrance, decibels, conductive deafness, nerve deafness, olfaction, gustation, taste buds, phantom limb pain, referred pain, synesthesia, sensory deprivation //Intro to Psych// Modules 5 & 6
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