Section: Module 3: Lesson 1: The functions of perception and sensation | Introduction to Psychology

Section: Module 3: Lesson 1: The functions of perception and sensation | Introduction to Psychology | NextGenU.org

Learning objectives:

Discuss perception, Bottom-up/top-down processing, Weber’s Law, and the Gestalt Principles of Perception.

Describe the concepts of threshold, Signal detection theory, sensory adaptation, sensory receptors, sensory reception by hair cells, and psychophysics.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 3 minutes.

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- Select activity 5.1 Sensation versus Perception
  
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- Select activity 5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
  
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- Select activity Sensory Perception
  
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  University of Minnesota - 2022

Introduction

Course Registration

Announcements

Pre-Test

Module 1: Lesson 1: Definition and Development of Psychology

What Is Psychology?

History of Psychology

Fields of psychology to consider for your career

Careers in Psychology

Module 1: Lesson 2: Research and Ethics in Psychology

2.1 Why Is Research Important?

Methods of Psychology

2.4 Ethics

Peer Activity 1 - Importance and Ethics of Psychological Research [280 minutes]

Module 2: Lesson 1: The structure and function of Nervous system

3.2 Cells of the Nervous System

Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission

The Neuroscience of Addiction - with Marc Lewis

3.3 Parts of the Nervous System

3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord

The Tools That Let Neuroscientists Study (and Even Repair) Brain Circuits

Module 2: Lesson 2: Biological Influences in Psychology

3.5 The Endocrine System

3.1 Human Genetics

What is an Environmental Factor?

1.3 Contemporary Psychology

11.7 Gene Regulation: Operon Theory: Sections Prokaryotic Gene Regulation and rokaryotic Gene Regulation

Peer Activity 2: Biological Influences in Psychology (278 minutes)

Module 3: Lesson 1: The functions of perception and sensation

5.1 Sensation versus Perception

5.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception

Sensory Perception

Psychophysics .

Psychophysical Methods

Module 3: Lesson 2: Sensory Processing and Sensing the Environment (Vision, hearing and other senses)

14.2 Central Processing: Sensory Pathways (Section)

5.2 Waves and Wavelengths

5.3 Vision

5.4 Hearing

The Other Senses

14.1 Sensory Perception

Chapter Review

The Vestibular Sense

Peer Activity 3: Perception and Sensation (360 minutes)

Module 4: Lesson 1: Definition of Consciousness and Alertness and Types of Attention (Selective and Divided)

4.1 What Is Consciousness?

Module 4: Lesson 2: The normal sleep and its disorders.

4.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep

4.3 Stages of Sleep

Circadian Rhythm: What it is, what shapes it, and why it’s fundamental to getting quality sle

4.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders

Module 4: Lesson 3: Altering Consciousness.

4.5 Substance Use and Abuse

4.6 Other States of Consciousness

Peer Activity 4: Consciousness (455 minutes)

Module 5: Lesson 1: Developmental Milestones in the stages of human development.

9.3 Stages of Development: Sub-section Pre-natal development

9.3 Stages of Development: Adolescence

9.3 Stages of Development: Adulthood:

Discussion Forum 1: Human Lifespan Development (285 minutes)

Module 6: Lesson 1: Types of Learning in Psychology

6.1 What Is Learning?

6.2 Classical Conditioning

6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)

Types of learning Simple nonassociative learning

Discussion Forum 2: Habituation and Dishabituation (204 minutes)

A review of the characteristics, mechanisms, and clinical significance in fetuses and new born infants

Module 7: Lesson 1: Motivation, Emotion and the physiological needs that drive human behavior

10.1 Motivation

10.2 Hunger and Eating

10.3 Sexual Behavior

10.4 Emotion

Discussion Forum 3: On Sexual Behavior and Motivation, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (245 minutes)

Module 8: Lesson 1: Cognition

7.1 What Is Cognition?

Information Processing Theories

9.2 Lifespan Theories: Cognitive Theory of Development

9.3 Stages of Development: Adulthood: Cognitive Development (Sub-section)

Cognitive Development

3.1 Human Genetics: Dig Deeper (Sub-section)

7. Language Development: Promoting Speaking, Listening & Communicating