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Psych 333 – Sensory and perceptual processes (5 credits)
Summer Quarter 2012
Course description: An overview of each of the major senses with emphasis on the structure and function of sensory systems and the relation of the underlying biology to perceptual processes and behavior. Prerequisite: 2.0 in Psych 202; 2.0 in Psych 209.
Course website: https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/gval/30836/
All updates, announcements, assignment instructions, etc. will be posted on the course website. There you will find syllabus updates, changes in readings, and other materials that may include additional readings, lecture notes, lecture slides, and important unit issues/concepts. Plan to check it often.
Required textbook: Goldstein, E. Bruce (2010). Sensation and Perception (8th ed.) with Virtual Lab CD. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (Cengage Learning).
- Available at University Bookstore, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc.
- Email instructor if your used text copy does not include the Virtual Lab CD.
- One copy of the text and CD are available on 4-hour OUGL reserve.
Additional readings may be assigned during the quarter.
Course requirements: (additional details on these items will be announced)
Exams: There will be three mid-term exams and a final exam (Friday: Aug. 19, 10:50 – 11:50 am, Gould 322). Each of the four exams will be worth 50 points. Only the best three of your four exam scores will count toward your course grade. Thus, your lowest exam score will be dropped.
Guest Lecture Response: Each student will submit several two-page (double-spaced) papers on guest lectures to be announced throughout the quarter. Papers must be submitted to the course website drop box (CollectIt) by the deadline in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or text format with your last name and paper number (e.g., Jones1.doc) in the file name. Each paper will be worth an equal number points for a total of 45 points for the quarter (i.e. the more papers the fewer points each individual paper is worth). Drafts or revisions will not be accepted. Late papers may not be accepted, unless another deadline has been arranged in advance.
Grading: Final course grade will be based on total points earned over the quarter out of 200 possible.
Best 3 of 4 exams: 50 points each, 150 points total
Guest Lecture Responses: two pages per paper, number to be determined, 45 points total
Participation: 5 points total
There are no sources of additional points or extra credit beyond those listed above. We’ll report your scores for exams and papers on the course website GradeBook. Earning the following percentages of total possible points will guarantee the indicated grade. Actual grading may be more lenient; it will not be stricter than indicated here.
95% of total possible points guarantees a 4.0, 90% guarantees a 3.5, 85% guarantees a 3.0, 80% guarantees a 2.5, 75% guarantees a 2.0, 62.5% guarantees a 0.7.
Academic integrity: It is expected that all students will abide by University policies concerning academic honesty and integrity. This means, in part, that all work submitted will be in your own words, or properly attributed to its source, and that you will not use forbidden materials or copy from other students during exams. For more information, including possible penalties for academic misconduct, see “UW statement of academic responsibility”, http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts/pdf/acadresp.pdf .
Consult your Instructor or TA if you have any questions about acceptable practices.
Scheduled and unscheduled absences: I will be as flexible as possible about unavoidable absences, whether scheduled (e.g., athletics) or unscheduled (e.g., illness). If you are sick, stay home and contact Geoff Valentine via phone or email. If you are an athlete, or know you will have to miss some classes for other reasons, please notify Geoff Valentine in advance.
Accommodations: If you have a documented disability, or other special circumstances, and think you may require accommodations in this course, please speak with Geoff Valentine privately.
E-mail Policy: Students are encouraged to ask questions in class, but may also use e-mail to ask questions about course content and clarify points that they did not understand. E-mails will usually be answered within 24 hours. Although we’ll do our best, there is no guarantee that they will be answered after 6 PM on weekdays or at any time on weekends or holidays. The instructor may opt to forward questions of general interest to the class list, along with an answer. In this case, any and all information identifying the original sender of the question will be removed.
Technology Policy: Tape recorders or similar devices may be used to record lectures given by Geoff Valentine. You must obtain prior permission to record any guest lectures. You may use laptop computers in class for course-related functions. Please do not use cell phones or other devices in class for either text or voice communications.
Learning Goals for Psych 333:
1. Students will understand that perceptions are inferences about the outside world created by the brain and are not just veridical representations. Students will also understand that the brain makes these best guesses based on a selective sampling by sensory receptors of the state of the physical world. This inferential process is guided both by experience and by genetics and evolution.
2. Students will understand the basic structure and function of the gustatory system, olfactory system, somatosensory system, visual system, and auditory system.
3. Students will understand how receptors in each of these sensory systems transduce specific types of energy from the outside world into neural signals. Students will also understand how these signals are coded and transformed through the various stages of the sensory neural pathways.
4. Students will develop an appreciation of properties common to all sensory systems, and properties shared by sensory systems and other brain systems.
5. Students will develop an understanding of the relation between biological systems, neural processing mechanisms, and perception. This will include understanding the how biological factors influence aspects of human perception that are shared, or may differ, across cultural, ethnic, gender, geographic, or other boundaries.
6. Students will reinforce and extend their basic working knowledge about the structure and function of the nervous system acquired in Psych 202.
7. Students will develop a basic working knowledge of classical psychophysics.
8. Students will develop an understanding of the study of sensory systems and processes within the historical context of the field, and potential future directions of the field.
9. Students will reflect on the information they learn about sensory processing and perception and apply it to their own lives and the world around them.
Tentative schedule: SCHEDULE WILL BE MODIFIED DURING THE QUARTER.
(Chapters are from the Goldstein textbook)
Wk Date Day Reading Topic/event
1 18-jun Mon Ch1 Course intro, sensation and perception basics
19-jun Tue Sensation and perception basics
20-jun Wed Appendix Psychophysics
21-jun Thu Ch2 Physiology of perception
22-jun Fri Ch3 Vision
2 25-jun Mon
26-jun Tue Ch4 Visual cortical processing
27-jun Wed Andrew Bock
28-jun Thu EXAM REVIEW
29-jun Fri EXAM 1
3 2-jul Mon Ch 5 Perceiving objects and scenes
3-jul Tue
4-jul Wed HOLIDAY – no lecture
5-jul Thu Ch9 Color perception
6-jul Fri
4 9-jul Mon
10-jul Tue Ch10 Depth and size perception
11-jul Wed
12-jul Thu Ch8 Motion
13-jul Fri
5 16-jul Mon EXAM REVIEW
17-jul Tue EXAM 2
18-jul Wed Ch11 Audition basics, pitch perception
19-jul Thu
20-jul Fri Ch12 Sound localization, auditory scene
6 23-jul Mon
24-jul Tue Bill Wood
25-jul Wed Ch13 Speech perception
26-jul Thu
27-jul Fri
7 30-jul Mon Emma
31-jul Tue Ch14 Cutaneous senses
1-aug Wed
2-aug Thu Audition/cutaneous catch up
3-aug Fri EXAM REVIEW
8 6-aug Mon EXAM 3
7-aug Tue Ch15 Taste and smell
8-aug Wed
9-aug Thu
10-aug Fri
9 13-aug Mon
14-aug Tue
15-aug Wed
16-aug Thu Final review
17-aug Fri EXAM 4/FINAL (10:50 – 11:50 am, Gould 322)
Summer Quarter 2012
Course description: An overview of each of the major senses with emphasis on the structure and function of sensory systems and the relation of the underlying biology to perceptual processes and behavior. Prerequisite: 2.0 in Psych 202; 2.0 in Psych 209.
Course website: https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/gval/30836/
All updates, announcements, assignment instructions, etc. will be posted on the course website. There you will find syllabus updates, changes in readings, and other materials that may include additional readings, lecture notes, lecture slides, and important unit issues/concepts. Plan to check it often.
Required textbook: Goldstein, E. Bruce (2010). Sensation and Perception (8th ed.) with Virtual Lab CD. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (Cengage Learning).
- Available at University Bookstore, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc.
- Email instructor if your used text copy does not include the Virtual Lab CD.
- One copy of the text and CD are available on 4-hour OUGL reserve.
Additional readings may be assigned during the quarter.
Course requirements: (additional details on these items will be announced)
Exams: There will be three mid-term exams and a final exam (Friday: Aug. 19, 10:50 – 11:50 am, Gould 322). Each of the four exams will be worth 50 points. Only the best three of your four exam scores will count toward your course grade. Thus, your lowest exam score will be dropped.
Guest Lecture Response: Each student will submit several two-page (double-spaced) papers on guest lectures to be announced throughout the quarter. Papers must be submitted to the course website drop box (CollectIt) by the deadline in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or text format with your last name and paper number (e.g., Jones1.doc) in the file name. Each paper will be worth an equal number points for a total of 45 points for the quarter (i.e. the more papers the fewer points each individual paper is worth). Drafts or revisions will not be accepted. Late papers may not be accepted, unless another deadline has been arranged in advance.
Grading: Final course grade will be based on total points earned over the quarter out of 200 possible.
Best 3 of 4 exams: 50 points each, 150 points total
Guest Lecture Responses: two pages per paper, number to be determined, 45 points total
Participation: 5 points total
There are no sources of additional points or extra credit beyond those listed above. We’ll report your scores for exams and papers on the course website GradeBook. Earning the following percentages of total possible points will guarantee the indicated grade. Actual grading may be more lenient; it will not be stricter than indicated here.
95% of total possible points guarantees a 4.0, 90% guarantees a 3.5, 85% guarantees a 3.0, 80% guarantees a 2.5, 75% guarantees a 2.0, 62.5% guarantees a 0.7.
Academic integrity: It is expected that all students will abide by University policies concerning academic honesty and integrity. This means, in part, that all work submitted will be in your own words, or properly attributed to its source, and that you will not use forbidden materials or copy from other students during exams. For more information, including possible penalties for academic misconduct, see “UW statement of academic responsibility”, http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts/pdf/acadresp.pdf .
Consult your Instructor or TA if you have any questions about acceptable practices.
Scheduled and unscheduled absences: I will be as flexible as possible about unavoidable absences, whether scheduled (e.g., athletics) or unscheduled (e.g., illness). If you are sick, stay home and contact Geoff Valentine via phone or email. If you are an athlete, or know you will have to miss some classes for other reasons, please notify Geoff Valentine in advance.
Accommodations: If you have a documented disability, or other special circumstances, and think you may require accommodations in this course, please speak with Geoff Valentine privately.
E-mail Policy: Students are encouraged to ask questions in class, but may also use e-mail to ask questions about course content and clarify points that they did not understand. E-mails will usually be answered within 24 hours. Although we’ll do our best, there is no guarantee that they will be answered after 6 PM on weekdays or at any time on weekends or holidays. The instructor may opt to forward questions of general interest to the class list, along with an answer. In this case, any and all information identifying the original sender of the question will be removed.
Technology Policy: Tape recorders or similar devices may be used to record lectures given by Geoff Valentine. You must obtain prior permission to record any guest lectures. You may use laptop computers in class for course-related functions. Please do not use cell phones or other devices in class for either text or voice communications.
Learning Goals for Psych 333:
1. Students will understand that perceptions are inferences about the outside world created by the brain and are not just veridical representations. Students will also understand that the brain makes these best guesses based on a selective sampling by sensory receptors of the state of the physical world. This inferential process is guided both by experience and by genetics and evolution.
2. Students will understand the basic structure and function of the gustatory system, olfactory system, somatosensory system, visual system, and auditory system.
3. Students will understand how receptors in each of these sensory systems transduce specific types of energy from the outside world into neural signals. Students will also understand how these signals are coded and transformed through the various stages of the sensory neural pathways.
4. Students will develop an appreciation of properties common to all sensory systems, and properties shared by sensory systems and other brain systems.
5. Students will develop an understanding of the relation between biological systems, neural processing mechanisms, and perception. This will include understanding the how biological factors influence aspects of human perception that are shared, or may differ, across cultural, ethnic, gender, geographic, or other boundaries.
6. Students will reinforce and extend their basic working knowledge about the structure and function of the nervous system acquired in Psych 202.
7. Students will develop a basic working knowledge of classical psychophysics.
8. Students will develop an understanding of the study of sensory systems and processes within the historical context of the field, and potential future directions of the field.
9. Students will reflect on the information they learn about sensory processing and perception and apply it to their own lives and the world around them.
Tentative schedule: SCHEDULE WILL BE MODIFIED DURING THE QUARTER.
(Chapters are from the Goldstein textbook)
Wk Date Day Reading Topic/event
1 18-jun Mon Ch1 Course intro, sensation and perception basics
19-jun Tue Sensation and perception basics
20-jun Wed Appendix Psychophysics
21-jun Thu Ch2 Physiology of perception
22-jun Fri Ch3 Vision
2 25-jun Mon
26-jun Tue Ch4 Visual cortical processing
27-jun Wed Andrew Bock
28-jun Thu EXAM REVIEW
29-jun Fri EXAM 1
3 2-jul Mon Ch 5 Perceiving objects and scenes
3-jul Tue
4-jul Wed HOLIDAY – no lecture
5-jul Thu Ch9 Color perception
6-jul Fri
4 9-jul Mon
10-jul Tue Ch10 Depth and size perception
11-jul Wed
12-jul Thu Ch8 Motion
13-jul Fri
5 16-jul Mon EXAM REVIEW
17-jul Tue EXAM 2
18-jul Wed Ch11 Audition basics, pitch perception
19-jul Thu
20-jul Fri Ch12 Sound localization, auditory scene
6 23-jul Mon
24-jul Tue Bill Wood
25-jul Wed Ch13 Speech perception
26-jul Thu
27-jul Fri
7 30-jul Mon Emma
31-jul Tue Ch14 Cutaneous senses
1-aug Wed
2-aug Thu Audition/cutaneous catch up
3-aug Fri EXAM REVIEW
8 6-aug Mon EXAM 3
7-aug Tue Ch15 Taste and smell
8-aug Wed
9-aug Thu
10-aug Fri
9 13-aug Mon
14-aug Tue
15-aug Wed
16-aug Thu Final review
17-aug Fri EXAM 4/FINAL (10:50 – 11:50 am, Gould 322)
Deutsch has the best collection of pure auditory illusions:
Diana Deutsch - Research and Musical Demonstrations
Diana Deutsch - Research and Musical Demonstrations
There are also some awesome high level auditory illusions. I refer to them as illusions, because they meet the technical definition, but some people don't consider them as such. The Mcgurk effect is one thats super cool:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0[/video]
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0[/video]
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