1. Perceiving the World Chapter 6

2. Do Now:  Explain how perception can alter the way different people see the world? Provide Examples!

3. Crash Course  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46umYA_4dM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46umYA_4dM

4. Perceptual Constancies  Open to page 189  Fill out relevant information which pertains to each topic  Complete the figure activities on your way!

5. Do Now  Take out your homework from last night.  Be sure your name is on the paper. Please pass it up front

14. Brain Game Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXrPDQOHrXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXrPDQOHrXE

15. Pictorial Cues for Depth

16. Do Now  Based upon the video from last class, Describe the way human attention can be altered.

17. Pictorial Cues for Depth  Open to page 199  Read about the information which pertains to each section  Answer the questions which relate.

18. Do Now  Describe the way depth can alter peoples perspective of the world.

19. Perceptual Learning  Learning has a powerful impact on perception  Visitors driving in England  Perceptual Learning: changes in perception that can be attributed to prior experience  learning how to use a computer  Icons, commands, and signals  Chef telling the difference between oregano, basil, and tarragon  Football player knowing if the next play will be a run or a pass

20. Perceptual Habits  Perceptual Habits: well-established patterns of perceptual organization and attention  Open to page 203  Look at the images of the Mona Lisa 6.22  What happens when you turn the book upside down?  Read the phrase in 6.23  What did you read?  Take a look again!

23. Ames Room  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJhyu6nlGt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJhyu6nlGt8

24. Perceptual Features  Perceptual Features: Important elements of a stimulus pattern, such as lines, shapes, edges, spots, and colors.  Colin Blakemore and Graham Cooper raised kittens to change their perception of their world.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkMo45pcUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkMo45pcUo

25. Adaptation Level  Context: information surrounding stimulus  A 6ft tall man standing next to a group of 5’7 tall men  A 6ft tall man next to a basket ball team  Open to page 205  Look at Figure 6.25  Frames of Reference: an internal perspective relative to which events are perceived and evaluated  Adaptation Level: an internal or mental “average” or “medium” point that is used to judge amounts  Weights

26. Illusions  Illusion: A misleading or distorted perception  Hallucination: an imaginary sensation, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling something that does not exist in the external world  Stroboscopic Movement: Illusion of movement in which an object is shown in a rapidly changing series of positions  Strobe Light/Movies

27. Illusions  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8idyw_N6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8idyw_N6Q