Course Description
The study of sense organs, sensory processes and human perception, including theories and experimental methods.

Required Text:
"SENSATION & PERCEPTION" by E. Bruce Goldstein, 6th Ed. Brooks/Cole.
Look at the web page for this book for additional information, quizzes etc.
http://psychstudy.wadsworth.com/book/goldsteinsensation5e/

Teaching Assistants: Matt Doran (Monday) mdoran@udel.edu, Meghan McAuliffe (Tuesday) meghanmc@udel.edu

Prerequisites:  PSYC 201, PSYC 309.

Laboratories
One purpose of the labs is to give you first-hand experience with perceptual phenomena - as far as possible they will be related to the preceding lectures.  Another purpose is to teach you about experimental methods and data analysis in psychology.  Therefore, we require basic statistics (remember, PSY 309 or equivalent is a prerequisite) and mathematics e.g. drawing and interpreting graphs, algebra, logarithms etc.

Please attend all your scheduled lab classes punctually.  Your TA has the right to exclude you if you come late.  Teaching assistants are not obligated to accommodate those who do not attend their scheduled lab sessions.  Students who have excused absences (supported by documentation) will be given an alternate assignment that will be graded in lieu of the standard lab assignment.  Students may not submit assignments based on data they themselves did not collect.

The lab experiments are to be written up as mini scientific papers. The format, basically APA format, will be explained to you in the guide "How to write a scientific paper."  A sample report is also posted on the web site. Your lab reports must be typed or word-processed and submitted according to your TA's instructions. The penalty for lateness will be a loss of 20% of the possible marks for that report for every day that it is late.

EXAMS & GRADING

EXAMS
Each exam will cover material since the previous exam. See updates under Help! before each exam for review questions and study tips.

GRADING
The percentage contributions to the overall grade will be:
Exam 1  20%,  Exam 2 25%,  Exam 3 25%,  Labs 30%

The letter-grade cutoffs are as follows:

A	93.3%
A-	90.0%
B+	86.7%
B	83.3%
B-	80.0%
C+	76.7%
C	73.3%
C-	70.0%
D+	67.7%
D	63.3%
D-	60.0%
F	below 60%

Calendar

Lab sessions in RED
 

Date	Topic	Goldstein
2/12	Introduction
2/17 and 2/18	No Labs
2/17	Introduction to Perception	Ch. 1
2/19	Receptors and Neural processing	Ch. 2
2/24 and 2/25	Threshold Determination MOL
2/24	Receptors and Neural Processing	Ch. 2
2/26	Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Striate Cortex	Ch. 3
3/3 and 3/4	Threshold Determination 2AFC
3/3	Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Striate Cortex	Ch. 3
3/5	Higher-Level Visual Processing	Ch. 4
3/10 and 3/11	Receptive Field Mapping
3/10	Higher-Level Visual Processing	Ch. 4
3/12	EXAM 1
3/17 and 3/18	Receptive Field Mapping
3/17	Perceiving Objects	Ch. 5
3/19	Perceiving Objects	Ch. 5
3/24 and 3/25	No Labs
3/24	Perceiving Color	Ch. 6
3/26	Perceiving Color	Ch. 6
3/31 and 4/1	SPRING BREAK
3/31	SPRING BREAK
4/2	SPRING BREAK
4/7 and 4/8	Depth Acuity
4/7	Perceiving Depth and Size	Ch. 7
4/9	Perceiving Depth and Size	Ch. 7
4/14 and 4/15	Size Constancy
4/14	Perceiving Movement	Ch. 8
4/16	Perceiving Movement	Ch. 8
4/21 and 4/22	No Labs
4/21	EXAM 2
4/23	Sound, Auditory System, and Pitch	Ch. 10
4/28 and 4/29	Direct Scaling of Loudness
4/28	Sound, Auditory System, and Pitch	Ch. 10
4/30	Auditory Localization, Sound Quality	Ch. 11
5/5 and 5/6	Direct Scaling of Pitch
5/5	Auditory Scene	Ch. 11
5/7	Cutaneous Senses	Ch. 13
5/12 and 5/13	No Labs
5/12	Chemical Senses	Ch. 14
5/14	Clinical Aspects: Vision	Ch. 16
5/19 and 5/20	Objective Measurement of Visual Acuity
5/19	Clinical Aspects: Hearing	Ch. 16
5/21	EXAM 3

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Help!

Course resources can be downloaded from www.udel.edu/psych/sgallagh/

Lecture slides can be accessed in MS Powerpoint by clicking on "Lecture Slides."

Study Questions from Goldstein
These are to focus you on the important topics in each chapter.  Make sure you can answer these questions, but remember, THESE ARE SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO NARROW THE FOCUS OF YOUR STUDIES.

EXAM 1
 

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