1. 10.26.10 AP Psych Agenda

2. Quiz… 1. What Gestalt principle is illus- trated to the right? 2. What are David Hubel and Ernst Weber known for? 3. List all four taste buds. 4. Give an example of context effect 5. True or False – Taste is the ONLY sense that is not routed through the thalamus. 6. Some tastes are innate and some are learned or shaped by our culture – give me an example of a learned taste.

3. For tonight…  Sensory processes of touch, vestibular, kinesthesis and pain.  Explain how culture and experience influence perceptual processes.  Attention in behavior  Parapsychological phenomena (ESP)  Our test is on Friday

4. Review rods versus cones Pen test

5. The ability to judge from which direction a sound is coming Sounds from different directions are not identical as they arrive at left and right ears. The brain calculates a sound’s location by using differences in timing and intensity. Clap test!!!! Hearing Auditory Localization

6. Conduction Hearing Loss Caused by damage to the eardrum or bones in the middle ear. Sensorineural Hearing Loss Caused by damage to the structures of the inner ear. Hearing and Hearing Disabilities

7. Hearing Common Sounds and the Noise They Produce

8. Other Senses Olfaction Gustation Touch

9. Nets of taste-receptor cells This is a photograph of tongue surface (top), magnified 75 times. 10,000 taste buds line the tongue and mouth. Children have more taste buds than adults do. There are four primary tastes: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Are you a supertaster or not??? Other Senses Taste Buds

10. Coordination Kinesthetic System Structures distributed throughout body that sense position and movement of body parts. Vestibular System The inner ear and brain structures that afford a sense of equilibrium. Other Senses

11. Kinesthetic test! How did he (or she) know?