| Tentative Schedule | | Day | Date | Quiz? | Topic | Chapter Read BeforeClass | | TU | Aug 25 | Nope | Hello! Syllabus & Requirements; Intro to Sensation and Perception | --- | | TH | Aug 27 | Nope | Psychophysics; Signal Detection Theory | CH 1 | | TU | Sept 1 | Nope | Signal Detection Theory; Physiology of the Sensory Systems | CH 1 | | TH | Sept 3 | Yep CH2 | Optics; The Visual System – Retinal Information Processing | CH2 | | TU | Sept 8 | Nope | The Visual System – Retinal Information Processing | CH2 | | TH | Sept 10 | Yep CH3 | Striae Cortex – Constructing Reality? | CH3 | | TU | Sept 15 | Nope | Striae Cortex – Constructing Reality? | CH3 | | TH | Sept 17 | Yep CH5 | Color Perception | CH5 | | TU | Sept 22 | Nope | Color Perception | CH5 | | TH | Sept 24 | → | Midterm 1 | CH1 – 3, 5 | | TU | Sept 29 | Nope | Pattern Recognition | CH4 | | TH | Oct 1 | Yep CH6 | Object recognition; Depth Perception | CH6 | | TU | Oct 6 | Nope | Dept Perception | CH6 | | TH | Oct 8 | Yep CH7 | Motion Perception | CH7 | | TU | Oct 13 | No Class – Columbus Day – Support the Empire!! | | TH | Oct 15 | Nope | Motion Perception | CH7 | | TU | Oct 20 | Yep CH8 | Attention, Selection, and Visual Search | CH8 | | TH | Oct 22 | Nope | Attention, Selection, and Visual Search, & Scene Perception | CH8 | | TU | Oct 27 | → | Midterm 2? | CH4, 6 – 8 | | TH | Oct 29 | Nope | Physical vs. Perceptual Sounds; Psychoacuostics | CH9 | | TU | Nov 3 | Yep CH10 | Auditory System; Sound Localization | CH9 & 10 | | TH | Nov 5 | Nope | Auditory Perception of Complex Sounds | CH 10 | | TU | Nov 10 | Yep CH 11 | Music Perception | CH 11 | | TH | Nov 12 | Nope | Speech perception | CH 11 | | TU | Nov 17 | Nope | Cutaneous Sensations; Haptic Perception | CH 12 | | TH | Nov 19 | Freebie Day – I will be at Psychonomics in Boston eating beans. Prepare for my return! | | TU | Nov 24 | Yep CH 15 | Haptic Perception; Spatial Orientation | CH15 | | TH | Nov 26 | No Class – Remember to save a turkey for Sarah Palin! Wish my mom a happy nth B-Day! | | TU | Dec 1 | Dead Week | Nope | Spatial Orientation; Gustatory Stystem | CH15, 14 | | TH | Dec 3 | Nope | Taste Perception – Red Hot Chili Peppers!! | CG14 | | Visual Illusion Contest | Location: __________ Date: __________ Time: ____________ | --- | | Final Exam | Location: AMH 212; Date: 12/8/09; Time: 8:00 - 10:00 AM | ALL |
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| Homework Assignment Schedule (unlikely subject to change) | | Assignment Name | Due Date in Class | Day of Week | Relevant Chapters | | 1. Signal Detection | Sept 8 | TU | CH 1 | | 2. Color Aftereffect | Sept 29 | TH | CH 2, 5 | | 3. Size Illusion | Oct 8 | TH | CH 6 | | 4. Motion Aftereffect | Oct 22 | TH | CH 7 | | 5. Visual Search. | Oct 29 | TH | CH 8 | | 6. Tritone Paradox | Nov 12 | TH | CH 9, 10 | | 7. Categorical Perception | Dec 1 | TU | CH 11 |
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Each assignment to be completed on your own, unless indicated. Mass produced responses to all or part of an assignment will be identified and are considered a violation of the pledge of academic integrity.
Assignments can be downloaded from the course website and completed on your own. If you have a question about completing the assignment, contact me as soon as possible (do not wait 'till the last minute). Late assignments will not be graded and will receive a zero. Do not email assignments if they are late, whatever the excuse. If you think that you might miss class, let me know!
Most assignments involve graphing data or printing a graph of your performance from the PsyCog CD. I strongly encourage you to become familiar with the PsyCog CD before starting an assignment. There is documentation in the CD and simple to follow instructions. Indeed, there are many more demonstrations that I am having you do. Explore the CD and read the relevant material..hey...the more you know...! |
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