Directions: Write down the key topics discussed in the video and make sure that you understand them. Do additional research if you need to. These key concepts will be heavily tested on the exam tomorrow.
I. Sensation
Processing (Bottom-up vs. top-down)
Thresholds (absolute, JND, Weber’s Law, Subliminal, Signal Detection Theory)
Gestalt Grouping
Depth Perception
Monocular vs. Binocular Depth Cues
II. Vision
Nearsightedness vs. Farsightedness
Retina (fovea, rods vs. cones, bipolar & ganglion
Color vision theories
Trichromatic
Opponent-Process
III. Hearing
Theories of Hearing
Frequency vs. pitch theory
Hearing Loss
NIHL, Conduction Deafness, Sensorineural Deafness
IV. Other Senses
Gustation - taste
Olfaction
Somatic sense (skin - pressure, temperature, vibration, pain)
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