PSYC 346 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
SYLLABUS AND LECTURE MATERIALS
Spring 2005

Visual Receptors

Dr. David O. Robbins
Office: Phillips 52B
Phone: 3800-1

Intended ONLY for the use of students enrolled in Psychology 346 at Ohio Wesleyan University

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Lecture Topics
Grades

Syllabus

Chapter	Chapter Title	Date	Exam Date
Chapter 1	Introduction to Perception	January 12
Appendix A	Signal Detection Procedure	January 17
Chapter 2	Receptors and Neural Processing	January 21
Chapter 16A	Clinical Aspects of Vision	January 26
Chapter 3	Visual Processing: LGN and the Striate Cortex	January 31
Chapter 4	Higher Level Visual Processing	February 4
Exam 1	Chapters 1-4, 16A, Appendix A		February 9
Chapter 6	Perceiving Color	February 11
Chapter 5	Perceiving Objects	February 16
Appendix B	Determining Spatial Frequencies	February 21
Chapter 7	Perceiving Depth and Size	February 23
Chapter 8	Perceiving Movement	February 25
Chapter 9	Perception and Action	February 28
Midterm Exam	Chapters 1-9, 16A, Appendix A, B		March 4
Chapter 10	Sound, The Auditory System, and Pitch Perception	March 14
Chapter 11	Auditory Localization, Sound Quality, and the Auditory Scene	March 21
Chapter 16B	Clinical Aspects of Hearing	March 23
Exam 2	Chapters 10, 11, 16B		March 28
Chapter 12	Speech Perception	April 1
Chapter 13	The Cutaneous System	April 8
Chapter 14	The Chemical Senses	April 18
Chapter 15	Perceptual Development	April 22
FINAL EXAM	Chapters 1- 16		May 4 @ 1:30

 

CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are expected to attend class on a regular basis and to contribute to class discussions. Unexcused absences will be viewed as a sign of little interest and involvement in the course and could adversely affect grade decisions. Weekly discussion sessions will be available for any students who desire extra exposure to the subject matter and an evening review session prior to exam will be available to all students. Attendance at these review sessions is voluntary, although students experiencing difficulty are strongly encouraged to attend.

EXAMINATION POLICY:

All examinations must be taken on the date and time scheduled. Students who miss a scheduled examination because of illness or other unavoidable cause MUST NOTIFY the instructor PRIOR to the time and date of the examination. Students who have an excused absence must be prepared to take a written or oral makeup examination prior to the next scheduled class period. A later makeup exam will be given only in cases of prolonged, documented illness. Another exam on the same date, lack of preparedness, or a nonacademic conflict does NOT constitute a defensible reason for postponement of an examination. If a student has a schedule conflict with an examination he/she may request that the exam to be given PRIOR to the normally scheduled time.

EXAMINATION REVIEW POLICY:

Your grade on examinations along with your answer sheets will normally be returned to you on the next class day after the examination. The multiple choice question portion of the examination, however, will not be returned to you. Copies of these test questions are available to you for your perusal in the department office between the hours of 8:00 and 4:30 up until the last class day. You may not copy these test questions or in any manner make use of any test questions given in other semesters for this course. As a means of studying for the midterm or final you may take notes summarizing the main points of previous exams that you have taken during the current semester. Students are encouraged to make an appointment with the instructor to discuss their performance.

VIDEO TAPE REVIEWS:

Eight videotapes are available in the A/V room of the library for your viewing. You are to view each of them and then summarize their contents on the forms provided. Your written summaries will be graded as either superior (95%), adequate plus (90%), adequate (85%), or adequate minus (70%). Please view the tapes at the time we are studying their content area and their summaries must be submitted prior to the exam covering that area. The major points of these tapes will be tested on the Midterm and Final exams. The names of the tapes and appropriate viewing times are as follows: