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Revision 1 closed December, 2008, replaced by current version.
Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study. Online-enhanced.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: A course in introductory psychology, PSYC 289, PSYC 290 is recommended but not required.
Centre: Centre for Psychology
PSYC 333 has a Challenge for Credit option.
This course examines how the human brain receives and processes information from our environment. This course explores the functioning of human sensory systems and how physical stimuli are transformed into signals that can by understood by the nervous system. Topics covered in the course include vision, audition, taste, smell, touch, proprioception, and basic psychophysics.
Unit 1: Introduction to Perception
Unit 2: Receptors and Neural Processing
Unit 3: The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Striate Cortex
Unit 4: Higher-Level Visual Processing
Unit 5: Perceiving Objects
Unit 6: Perceiving Colour
Unit 7: Perceiving Depth and Size
Unit 8: Perceiving Movement
Unit 9: Perception and Action
Unit 10: Sound, the Auditory System, and Pitch Perception
Unit 11: Auditory Localization, Sound Quality, and the Auditory Scene
Unit 12: Speech Perception
Unit 13: The Cutaneous Senses
Unit 14: The Chemical Senses
Unit 15: Perceptual Development
Unit 16: Clinical Aspects of Vision and Hearing
To receive credit for the course, you must complete all of these evaluation assignments, and you must receive a grade of at least 50 percent on the final exam and a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent).
5 Quizzes (5% each) | Term Paper | Final Exam | Total |
---|---|---|---|
25% | 35% | 40% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Goldstein, E. B. (2004). Sensation and Perception (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth.
Wadsworth Publishing. (2004). S & P Virtual Lab to Accompany Goldstein's Sensation and Perception. Thomson/Wadsworth.
The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, quiz book, forms.