SS10.P.4

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Psychology

SS10.P.4
Describe the interconnected processes of sensation and perception.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

The basic anatomy of sensory systems.
The brain regions responsible for processing sensory information.

Skills

Students are able to:

Summarize complex concepts in sensation and perception into simpler, but still accurate, terms.
Demonstrate phenomena in sensation and perception using multistep procedures and taking precise measurements and analyzing the results compared to information presented in the text or in research.
Determine the meanings of terms related to sensation and perception.
Associate terms that specifically relate to a particular sensory systems - vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell, kinesthesis, balance, and pain detection.
Explain how a situation is sensed and perceived using a particular sensory system and/or interaction of sensory systems.
Evaluate how environmental cues impact the processes of sensation and perception.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Sensation and perception are interconnected.
Sensory systems work to get information into the brain.
Perception is influenced by environmental cues and attention.
Gestalt grouping principles and depth cues influence sensation and perception.

Vocabulary

sensation
bottom-up processing
top-down processing
perception
absolute threshold
difference threshold (just noticeable difference)
signal detection
sensory adaptation
selective attention
cornea
iris
pupil
lens
retina
accommodation
receptor cells
rods
cones
optic nerve
blind spot
trichromatic theory of color vision
opponent-process theory of color vision
pitch
cochlea
hair cells
auditory nerve
kinesthetic sense
vestibular sense
gate-control theory of pain

Aligned Learning Resources

Sensation and Perception: Crash Course Psychology #5

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