Unit 3: Sensation & Perception

3.1.A Explain how the process of sensation is related to behavior and mental processes

3.1.A.1 Detection of a Stimulus 

3.1.A.2 Detecting Stimulus Change or Diminished Sensitivity 

3.1.A.3 Connection and Interaction of Sensory Systems 

3.1.B Explain how the structures and functions of the visual sensory system relate to behavior and mental processes. 

3.1.B.1 Transduction in the Retina

3.1.B.2 Lens Accommodation 

3.1.B.3 Rods 

3.1.B.4 Color Vision Theories 

3.1.B.4.I Cones 

3.1.B.4.II Afterimages and Ganglion Cells 

3.1.B.4.III Color Vision Deficiencies 

3.1.B.5 Brain Damage Resulting in Visual Disorders

3.1.C Explain how the structures and functions of the auditory system relate to behavior and mental processes. 

3.1.C.1 Detecting Movement of Air 

3.1.C.2 Theories of Pitch Detection 

3.1.C.3 Determining Location of Sound

3.1.C.4 Hearing Difficulties 

3.1.D Explain how the structures and functions of the chemical sensory systems relate to behavior and mental processes. 

3.1.D.1 Detection and Transduction in the Nose

3.1.D.2 Types of Taste 

3.1.D.3 Structures That Transduce Taste & Types of Tasters 

3.1.D.3 Interaction and Coordination of Chemical Senses

3.1.E Explain how the structures and functions of the touch sensory system relate to behavior and mental processes.

3.1.E.1 Structures That Process Touch in the Skin & Brain

3.1.F Explain how the structures and functions of the pain sensory system relate to behavior and mental processes. 

3.1.F.1 Explain the Processes and Complexities of Pain

3.1.G Explain how the structures and functions that maintain balance (vestibular) and body movement (kinesthetic) relate to behavior and mental processes. 

3.1.G.1 Vestibular Sense 

3.1.G.2 Kinesthesis

3.2.A Explain how internal and external factors influence perception. 

3.2.A.1 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing

3.2.A.2 Internal Factors that Influence Perception

3.2.A.3 External Factors that Influence Perceptions

3.2.A.4 Perceptual Principles 

3.2.A.5 Attention

3.2.A.5.I Selective Attention 

3.2.A.5.II Inattention

3.2.B Explain how visual perceptual processes produce correct or incorrect interpretations of stimuli. 

3.2.B.1 Binocular Cues

3.2.B.2 Monocular Cues

3.2.B.3 Visual Perceptual Constancies 

3.2.B.4 Apparent Movement