Psychology 330 Sensation and Perception Summer 2007 Monday Friday 9 00 12 00 Psychology Bldg Room 216A Instructor Richard Abrams RABRAMS wustl edu 935 6538 email is usually better 323B Psychology Building Office hours Every day from 12 30 1 00 and by appointment If I m not in my office you can look for me in my lab 424 Psych Bldg Or if a topic needs clarification send me email after class and I will try to answer your question at the beginning of our next class Lecture slides grades etc http rabrams net Select Courses then select this course You may be asked for the following Username Password Text Goldstein E B 2007 Sensation and Perception 7th edition New York Brooks Cole Publishing Companion website http www wadsworth com cgiwadsworth course products wp pl fid M20b product isbn issn 0534558100 discipline nu mber 24 Course objectives What s involved in seeing and hearing In this course you will learn about perception beginning with the physical stimuli light and sound that impinge upon the sensory receptors to details of the physiological mechanisms that convert the physical stimuli into electrical signals in neurons through the higher level percepts that the stimuli generate Demonstrations and illusions will be used as we learn about the anatomy and physiology of the sensory systems and study the brain mechanisms that are involved in vision and audition You may see and hear the world in a very different way after learning about some of the details of our perceptual systems How to succeed in this course In order to master the material covered in this course it is important for you to attend the lectures and also for you to read the material in the textbook There will be considerable overlap between the textbook and the lectures with many important concepts being described in both book and lecture However there also is additional material that will be presented in the lecture that is not contained in the textbook Similarly there is some material in the book that will be discussed only minimally in lecture To succeed in the course I suggest that you at least skim over the material in the textbook prior to the class in which the material is to be discussed Doing this will give you a basic sense of the main concepts and that can help you get the most out of the lectures Then after the lecture re read the corresponding sections in the textbook At that time you may be better able to appreciate some of the material in the book since it will have been discussed in the lecture The lecture slides will be available on the course website http rabrams net prior to each lecture Many students find it very helpful to print these lecture slides and bring them to class in order to take notes on them You will see that the slides are not a substitute for attending the lectures many of the slides contain very little text and you really need the explanation from lecture in order to make sense out of many of them I provide the slides so that in class you can focus more on learning the concepts that are under consideration instead of expending effort scrambling to be sure that your notes are complete In addition to keeping up with the readings and attending lectures there are other steps that you can take that will help you master the course material First the publisher of the textbook has a companion website the url is included above that contains a few features that might help In particular for each chapter of the textbook there are flashcards and multiple choice quizzes that allow you to test your knowledge of key concepts Also the instructor has regular office hours and is also available by appointment to answer any questions that you might have Grading 3 exams worth 35 35 and 20 of final grade weighted based on score 2 one page papers each worth 5 of final grade Warning As in all courses standards of academic integrity are expected to be observed in this course Please see the course listings for a statement of academic integrity guidelines Be especially careful on the papers Course Outline Introduction psychophysics Vision 1 eye retina receptive fields Vision 2 Higher level vision Color Vision Chp 1 Appendix A Chp 2 Chp 3 Chp 4 Chp 7 to p 159 Exam 1 Friday May 25th 2007 First short paper due Tuesday May 29th 9 00 am Perceptual Organization objects Attention Depth Size Perception Lightness constancy Perceiving movement Perception Action Chp 5 Chp 6 Chp 8 p 159 164 Chp 9 Chp 10 Exam 2 Monday June 4th 2007 Second short paper due Wednesday June 6th 9 00 am Hearing Speech Perception Touch temperature pain Chps 11 12 Chp 13 Chp 14 Exam 3 Friday June 8th 2007 X