AP Psychology

Sensation

Perception 

Unit 4
Sense and Perception

Objectives:

Understand the concept of threshold

Understand how the sensory systems function

Explain the processes of perception

Assess the influence of experience and learning on perception

Topic
1. Information Processing Models

2. Sensing the World : Basic Principles

PP Presentation

1. Thresholds
2. Signal Detection
3. Sensory Adaptation

The Senses

Group Presentation

1. Vision
2. Hearing and balance
3. Smell and taste
4. Touch and Pain

3. Perception

Lecture: Making sense of our senses
PP Presentation
4. Review

• Video “Sense and Perception”

Resources

Review PP 

Assessment
Chapter Tests
Oral Presentation
Rubric

Focus:
Draw a diagram of how you think we take in and process information about the world.