Psychology 3203 Perception - Spring 2006
DATE	DAY	TOPIC
Measurement of Perceptual Experience
1/9	M	Course Requirements, etc.
1/11	W	Classic Visual Illusions - What do they tell us? Fechner and the mind-body problem The importance of the absolute threshold Methods Your Textbook: 24-26
1/13	F	Classical Psychophysical Techniques Example Psychophysical Function for Absolute Threshold Your Textbook: 24-26
1/16	M	Martin Luther King Day
1/18	W	Ernst Weber Difference Threshold
1/20	F	Difference thresholds & Weber's Law Your Textbook: 37-38
1/23	M	Fechner's Law Your Textbook: 39
1/25	W	Magnitude estimation & Steven's Power Law Partition Scales Your Textbook: 40-42
1/27	F	Signal Detection Theory
1/30	M	Signal Detection Theory Separating Strategy from Sensitivity Your Textbook: 27-34
2/1	W	It's all about 3 guys Question & Answer/Review
2/3	F	Test 1
VISION I
2/6	M	What is light? Light is a portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Light encounters an object Types of reflection Your Textbook: 47-50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything you wanted to know about the Vertebrate Retina Your Textbook: 51-70
2/8	W	Structure of Eye continued
2/10	F	Duplex Retina Your Textbook: 89-95
2/13	M	Brightness Constancy
2/15	W	Mach Bands Hermann Grid Illusion Lateral Inhibition Circuit Lateral Inhibition Effect Your Textbook: 142-150
2/17	F	Color Dimensions of Color The Munsell System of Color Notation CIE Color System Additive Color Subtractive Color Your Textbook: 117-125
2/20	M	Mechanisms of Color Helmholtz's Color Mixing Experiments Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory Spectral Sensitivity of Photoreceptors Ewald Hering Return to the Color Circle Colored Afterimages Another Look at the Retina Your Textbook: 129-134
2/22	W	Color Blindness and Color Deficiencies Your Textbook: 135-138
2/24	F	Simultaneous Color Contrast Color Constancy Edwin Land - Mondrian Experiments Purves Cube Illuminance vs. Reflectance
2/27	M	Finding Edges vs. Filling In
3/1	W	Question & Answer/Review
3/3	F	TEST 2
VISION II
3/6	M	Space, Distance, & Depth - Binocular Cues Your Textbook: 233-240
3/8	W	Manipulation of Binocular Cues to Produce Depth Effects
3/10	F	Space, Distance, & Depth - Monocular Cues Ames Room Moon Illusion Your Textbook: 218-232
3/13	M	Spring Break!
3/15	W
3/17	F
3/20	M	Perception of Movement Corollary Discharge Theory Your Textbook: 194-200
3/22	W	Stroboscopic Motion: Phi and MagnaPhi Stroboscopic Motion: Wagon wheel Illusion
3/24	F	Structure from Motion Structure from Motion - The Aperture Issue Depth from Motion
3/27	M	Form Ambiguous Figure Kaniza Triangle 4 Laws of Grouping Grouping by Common Fate Change Blindness Your Textbook: 168-184
3/29	W	Question & Answer/Review
3/31	F	TEST 3
AUDITION: Parallels and Differences
4/3	M	Physics of Sound Your Textbook: 315-325
4/5	W	Auditory Physiology Structure of the Ear Your Textbook: 325-332
4/7	F	Auditory Physiology & Pitch Von Bekesy Otoacoustic Emissions Your Textbook: 332-338
4/10	M	Psychophysics of Pitch and Loudness Your Textbook: 347-357
4/12	W	Sound Localization Your Textbook: 365-374
4/14	F	Music Pitch Perception Pitch as a helix Your textbook: 376-380
4/17	M	Easter
4/19	W	Catch-up day
4/21	F	Question & Answer/Review
4/24	M	TEST 4
4/26	W	Review for Final Exam