| Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
When you have studied this chapter, you should be able to:
Distinguish between sensation and perception, and define sense organ, sensory receptor cells, and stimulus. |
| | | Compare and contrast the absolute threshold and the difference threshold. |
| | | Understand sensory adaptation. |
| | | Define psychophysics, and understand Weber's law. |
| | | Understand the nature of light. |
| | | Describe how the different parts of the eye work together to produce vision. |
| | | Describe the roles played by the rods and cones in both dark adaptation and light adaptation. |
| | | Compare and contrast the trichromatic theory and the opponent‑process theory of color vision, describing the evidence for each. |
| | | Understand the nature of sound. |
| | | Explain how different parts of the ear work together to produce audition (the sense of hearing). |
| | | Describe the roles played by the vestibular organ and the kinesthetic receptors in providing information about orientation and movement. |
| | | List the four different general types of skin receptors, and describe the three types of stimuli that can be detected by the skin. |
| | | Explain how we experience pain, and describe how pain is regulated. |
| | | Define phantom limb pain, and identify its possible causes. |
| | | List the basic taste sensations, and identify other factors that influence our perception of taste. |
| | | List the primary qualities of odors, and explain the role of pheromones in regulating behavior. |
| | | Name and describe the Gestalt principles of perceptual organization. |
| | | Describe the kinds of perceptual constancy. |
| | | Identify the monocular cues and binocular cues of depth perception. |
| | | Distinguish between the visual illusions, and describe how they are produced. |
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