AP PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL
3rd Six Weeks
Sensation and Perception
Learning
AP Psychology
11/15/2013
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Journal entry: prosopagnosia.
Vocabulary Games
Notes re Sensation
EXAM DAY 12/2
Journal Entry 11/13
• prosopagnosia
p. 229
Watch the short clip.
What is prosopagnosia?
Write a paragraph about
your reaction to learning
about the condition this
woman has.
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AP Psychology Lessons 11/19/2013
• Journal prompt: Pain
• Video Sensation and Perception
• Notes Basic principles of seeing the world
– Bottom-up v top-down processing
– Psychophysics
– Signal detection
– Thresholds
– Subliminal processing
Chapter 6 EXAM WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2013
Gate-Control Theory
Melzack and Wall (1965, 1983) proposed that our
spinal cord contains neurological “gates” that
either block pain or allow it to be sensed.
Gary Comer/ PhototakeUSA.com
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Sensation and Perception
Biopsychosocial approach to pain p. 255
* Copy the diagram on page 257.
How could an understanding of each of these
factors help alleviate pain?
1) Gate control theory (Melzack and Wall)
2) Endorphins (Cox)
3) Memories of pain (Kahneman)
4) Cultural expectations (Symbaluk)
5) Placebos (Kaptchuk)
6) Virtual reality games (258)
AP Psychology Lessons 11/21
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Journal Prompt: Feature detectors
Elementary concepts of vision, Inverted vision
Diagram eye and notes
Vision quiz
Journal Prompt 11/21
Learning Goal:
Describe the visual sensory system.
Watch the video on
Elementary concepts of
vision.
Prompt: Write in complete
sentences.
What does Hubel and
Wiesel’s experiment with
the cat tell us about
feature detectors?
AP Psychology Lesson 11/25
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Journal Prompt: Hearing
Turn in take-home quiz on vision
Sensation and Perception
Next class: In-class Notes Quiz on p. 265-281
Perception READ
Journal Prompt 11/25/2013
LO: Describe the auditory
sensory system.
p. 247-248
• What is the importance
of the hair cells in the
cochlea?
• How can we be kind to
our hair cells?
• What signal will we get
if the hair cells are
unhappy?
AP Psychology December 2, 2013
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Vocabulary
Perception Quiz
Journal Prompt: Stroop effect
Sense of smell
Test next class Chapter 6
No journal due yet
Begin Chapter 7 Learning Friday November 6
Journal prompt December 2, 2013
• 3.6 Explain how experiences and
expectations influence perception.
Stroop effect:
Explain the principle
underlying the Stroop
effect.
What was the reaction of
your subjects to the
Stroop effect?
Lesson December 6, 2013
• Journal prompt: Biological predispositions and
classical conditioning.
• Taste aversion
• Discovering psychology video
• Practice in classical conditioning
Journal prompt December 6, 2013
• Content Standard 1:
Classical conditioning
• 1.1 Describe the
principles of classical
conditioning
• 1.2 Describe clinical and
experimental examples of
classical conditioning
• 1.3 Apply classical
conditioning to everyday
life.
p. 299-301
Biological predispositions
Prompt:
Why do behavior learning
theorists consider classically
conditioned behaviors to be
biologically adaptive?
Give an example of research
from the text.