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Quiz 1 , this Sunday, 11:59pm
Writing Assignment 1, this Thursday,
11:59pm
***1. Identify the basic principles that apply to all the senses.
(transduction, receptors, thresholds, doctrine of specific nerve
energies)
***2. Track how our minds build up perceptions. (primary-sensoryassociation cortex, top-down vs. bottom-up, figure-ground,
parallel processing)
3. Analyze the scientific support for and against ESP.
***4. Explain how the eye starts the visual process.
**5. Identify the different kinds of visual perception (shape, color,
motion)
**6. Describe different visual problems (blindness, colorblindness,
blindsight)
***7. Explain how the ear starts the auditory process.
***8. Identify the different kinds of auditory perception
**9. Identify how we sense and perceive odors and tastes.
**10. Describe the three different body senses (touch, body
position, balance)
11. Describe the field of psychology called human factors.
Sensation
Perception
No!
Sensation
The detection of physical energy by our sense organs
which then goes to the brain
Perception
Parallel processing
The
pathways simultaneously
Demonstration
Right side close eyes
Left side open eyes
Demonstration
Reveal
Top-Down Processing
Sensation
Sensation
E.g.,
sitting on a chair
What
Measuring Sensation
Signal-Detection Theory
Ones Decision:
Ringing of
the phone
Respond YES
Respond NO
Stimulus
Present
True Positive
False Negative
(Hit)
(Miss)
Stimulus
Absent
False Positive /
True Negative
(False Alarm)
(Correct Rejection)
Different situations
require a different
response bias
I-Clicker
Participants in a study are watching a computer screen,
which displays randomly appearing dots of different colors.
Each time participants see a red light they press enter.
When participants are told they will lose $1 every time they
incorrectly indicate they have seen a red light, their number
of __________ will increase.
A. True Negatives
B. False Negatives
C. True Positives
D. False Positives
Signal-Detection Theory
Ones Decision:
Ringing of
the phone
Respond YES
Respond NO
Stimulus
Present
True Positive
False Negative
(Hit)
(Miss)
Stimulus
Absent
False Positive /
True Negative
(False Alarm)
(Correct Rejection)
I-Clicker
Pierre is a new father who worries that he will be unable to
hear his infant daughter cry at night. He often thinks that he
hears her crying and runs to her bedroom only to find that
she is sleeping soundly. However, when she really does cry
at night, Pierre always hears her and runs to pick her up.
According to signal detection theory, Pierres
_____________ is very low, which results in many
_____________
A. Response Bias ; False Positives (False Alarms)
B. Response Bias ; False Negatives (Misses)
C. Sensitivity ; True Positives (Hits)
D. Sensitivity ; True Negatives (Correct Rejections)
Signal-Detection Theory
Ones Decision:
Ringing of
the phone
Respond YES
Respond NO
Stimulus
Present
True Positive
False Negative
(Hit)
(Miss)
Stimulus
Absent
False Positive /
True Negative
(False Alarm)
(Correct Rejection)
I-Clicker
Participants in a study are watching a computer screen,
which displays randomly appearing dots of different colors.
Each time participants see a red light they press enter.
When participants are told they will be given $1 every time
they correctly indicate they have seen a red light, their
number of __________ will increase.
A. True Negatives
B. False Negatives
C. True Positives
D. False Positives
Signal-Detection Theory
Ones Decision:
Ringing of
the phone
Respond YES
Respond NO
Stimulus
Present
True Positive
False Negative
(Hit)
(Miss)
Stimulus
Absent
False Positive /
True Negative
(False Alarm)
(Correct Rejection)
Attention
Party Effect
Directing Attention
Inattentional Blindness: when your
attention is focused on something, other
stimuli in the environment may be
ignored
Change blindness: a failure to detect
obvious changes in ones environment
Video1:
http://www.dansimons.com/videos.html
Video 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE
Subliminal
Subliminal perception: the processing of
sensory information that occurs below the
conscious awareness
Subliminal persuasion: subthreshold
influences over decision making