Perceptual Interpretation• Objective: Explain how different perspectives

influence people’s interpretation of stimuli.1. CBM2. Notes: Perceptual Interpretation3. Visual Illusions4. HW: Review for test; corrections due day before testTest: Multiple Choice A-DAY MON 10/24

B-DAY TUES 10/25 Essay A-DAY WED 10/25

B-DAY THURS 10/26

Basic Principles

• Bottom Up Processing– Based on senses

• Top Down Processing– Based on higher order

thinking

• Selective attention• Cocktail Party Effect• Inattentional Blindness• Change Blindness

http://viscog.beckman.illinois.edu/djs_lab/demos.html

Interpretation

• Perceptual Set • Stroop Effect– Directed

attention

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html

Stroop Effect

Perspectivehttp://www.impactlab.net/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sidewalk-art-photos/

Sidewalk Art

Synesthesia – taste colors, hear smells, see tastses, letters and numbers have colors

6th Sense?

• ESP?• Telepathy• Telekinesis• Clairvoyance• Precognition• Out of Body Experience

Optical Illusions

Let’s look at some optical illusions and see if we can figure out what is

causing the illusion!

Test Review Items This is not a comprehensive list – it is simply a guide

Review vocab cards, readings & notes

Basic ideas of sensation: Thresholds, subliminal, detection & change theories, sensory adaptation, sensory interaction

Eye – parts of the eye; how color is seen, problems with vision, including muscles in the eyes and types of cells in the eyes

Ear – parts of the ear; how sound is heard, problems with hearing

Touch – types of touch sensations, problems with sensations, how each sensation work

Smell – process by which people smell, problems with smell

Taste – how taste works, types of taste sensors, problems with taste

How the senses work in relation to the parts of the brain; which areas are associated with which senses; feature detectors

Perceptual Organization: - Gestalt principles- Binocular & monocular cues- Perceptual constancy- Motion perceptionPerceptual Interpretation- Bottom up & top down processing- Selective inattention- Change blindness- Cocktail party effect- Selective attenion- Stroop effect- Perceptual Set6th Sense- ESP - Telepathy- Clairvoyance - Out of body

experience- Precognition - Telekinesis