Sensation and Perception Study Guide

In order to prepare for Monday's exam, please ensure you have spent a significant amount of time reviewing the following:

• the process of transduction (in general and within vision and audition)
• sensory adaptation
• absolute and difference/JND thresholds
• signal detection theory
• subliminal persuasion
• visual sensation: anatomy, processing of, creation of color, color blindness, opponent-process theory, afterimages
• hearing/audition: anatomy, processing of, sound waves, pitch, frequency, amplitude, timbre, deafness, cochlear implants
• vestibular sense
• olfaction: anatomy, process, pheromones, connection with memory, transduction
• gustation: anatomy, taste sensitivity over time
• pain: gate-control theory, coping, tolerance
• relationship between sensation and perception
• feature detectors
• bottom-up vs. top-down processing
• perceptual constancy
• ambiguous figures, illusions, Laws of Perceptual Grouping (similarity, proximity, continuity, common fate)
• Gestalt theory
• figure and ground; closure
• visual cliff
• binocular vs. monocular cues, depth perception, misperception
• factors that affect perception (context, expectations, etc.), perceptual set, culture
• all previously covered material (there will be review questions on this test!)

Use your study books, memorize your flash cards, review your Cornell notes, review the blog, make concept connections, and know everything on the study guide.  Good luck!