Unit 3: Sensation and Perception
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
3.1 Principles of Sensation
3.2 Principles of Perception
3.3 Visual Anatomy
3.4 Visual Perception
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.7 Body Senses
3.1 Principles of Sensation
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
3.A Describe general principles of organizing and integrating sensation to promote stable awareness of the external world.
3.B Discuss basic principles of sensory transduction, including absolute threshold, difference threshold, signal detection, and sensory adaptation.
3.C Identify the research contributions of major historical figures in sensation and perception.
3.2 Principles of Perception
(Exam weight 6–8%) (6-7 days)
3.2 Principles of Perception
3.D Discuss how experience and culture can influence perceptual processes.
3.E Discuss the role of attention in behavior.
3.3 Visual Anatomy
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.2 Principles of Perception
3.F Describe the vision process, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
3.G Explain common sensory conditions.
3.4 Visual Perception
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.H Explain the role of top-down processing in producing vulnerability to illusion.
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.5 Auditory Sensation and Perception
3.I Describe the hearing process, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.J Describe taste and smell processes, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the senses.
3.7 Body Senses
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.6 Chemical Senses
3.K Describe sensory processes, including the specific nature of energy transduction, relevant anatomical structures, and specialized pathways in the brain for each of the body senses.
