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Name _________________________________________Discovering Psychology: Sensation & Perception viewing questionsGo to the following website (you can click on the link from Ms. Justice’s AP Psych Unit 4 webpage or Edmodo) Program 7, Sensation & Perception from the menu at the leftWatch the video using earbuds or headphones (which can be checked out from the library desk)Click on the bottom right corner of the video to enlarge it to full screen.Respond to the following as you watch the video:Explain the Ames Room illusion presented at the beginning of the video.According to Philip Zimbardo, what is the purpose behind perception? (btw, if you don’t remember who Zimbardo is, look it up. Yes, he’s that guy!)Define absolute threshold. Give at least 3 examples.List the sense receptors discussed in the video.What is the job of a receptor?Where in the brain are the following processed?VisualHearing and smellSpeech perceptionBody sensesWhat happens to information once it reaches and then leaves the thalamus?Describe how an image is formed on the retina.What does the brain do to the visual image?Why does the square appear to get smaller?What happens when the quarterback’s perception of the receiver is distorted?Define bottom-up processing.Define top-down processing.What is the “hallmark of perception”? Provide an example.How does context influence our perception?What are subjective contours?Explain the rat/man illusion.What happens when there’s too much unfamiliar information to absorb (as in the case of eyewitnesses)?What happens when what we see doesn’t make sense; when we encounter a visual paradox. Define the analytic way of seeing.Define the holistic way of seeing. ................
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