Experimental Psychology II: PERCEPTION

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course starts by providing an introduction to the basic principles of vision and physiology, anatomy. It will emphasize the theories about how we sense the world and how the body interprets these senses. It is important to discuss behavioral approaches to understand the perception of objects, faces and scenes as well as motion, color and depth perception. Applied examples of principles of sensation and perception are given throughout the course.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1) to gain knowledge on sensation and perception

2) to learn basic structures of sense organs and their relation to sensational processes

3) to understand principles and mechanisms of perception

4) to understand what is a visual illusion and how illusions work

5) to differentiate between the mechanisms of object, color, motion and depth perception.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Goldstein, E. Bruce. (2014). Sensation and Perception. (10^th edition). Cengage Learning.

EVALUATION:

Midterm                                  35%                

Final                                        40%                            

Project                                     20%

Presentation                           5%                  

Midterm and Final will consist of multiple-choice questions.  

Attendance is essential for you to pass the course! You are strongly recommended to attend the classes. You will not get extra points though.

Paper and Presentation will be about application of a topic covered in the course to real-life. You should discuss both the theory and the practice of this topic. You should create a group of 3 or 4 (no more than 4). Paper written in APA style should be submitted one day before the start of the presentations. Yow will lose %25 of your grade for each late day submission. Beware of plagiarism!

COURSE OUTLINE