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Ch.4 "Sensation & Perception". Pages 77-99 Qz. #2. You are about to witness the perpetrator of a crime!. Who done it?. Describe what you saw. Keep in mind, that this is a police investigation and that your testimony can be used in a court of law. Young lady or Old lady?. What do you sense?.
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Ch.4 "Sensation & Perception" Pages 77-99 Qz. #2
You are about to witness the perpetrator of a crime! Who done it?
Describe what you saw. Keep in mind, that this is a police investigation and that your testimony can be used in a court of law.
Sensation Vs. Perception
Book Definition: The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information into the central nervous system Book Definition: The process by which sensations are organized into an inner representation of the world
What influences our perceptions? TOUCHING SMELLING HEARING SEEING TASTING
'Lucifer Effect' Asks Why Good People Go Bad http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9940824 http://www.zimbardo.com/
THE SCIENCE OF EVIL How can ordinary people perform unthinkable acts? ABC News - Primetime http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2769000
Let’s take a look at our worksheet! Open your books to page 78, please.
What if information is below the absolute threshhold?
Claim: In the film Aladdin, the hero whispers, "Good teenagers, take off your clothes." http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/aladdin.htm
1) The Pepsi Cool Can In 1990, Pepsi actually withdrew one of its “Cool Can” designs after someone protested that Pepsi was subliminally manipulating people by designing the cans such that when six-packs were stacked at grocery stores, the word SEX would emerge from the seemingly random design. Critics alleged that the red and blue lines on the “Cool Can” design were far from random <27>.
Sensation vs. Perception http://mindbluff.com/subwords.htm
Where are the following? Blind spot Iris Pupil Lens Cornea Optic Nerve Retina FIGURE 4.3 In the human eye, light travels through the pupil to the lens and is then reflected onto the retina. The optic nerve sends the visual information to the brain.
VISUAL PROBLEMSColor Blindness • Color Blind – sensitive to only black & white • Dichromat – only sensitive to certain colors – partially color blind • Trichromat – normal color vision