Social and Cultural Psychology
I. Milgram (shocks): obedience
II. Zimbardo (prison study): role immersion
III. Asch (line study): conformity
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their own ability, and that people with high ability at a task underestimate their own ability.
Interpersonal Attraction
Keys to Attraction The environment: one of the most important determinants of attraction is simple physical proximity
Similarity: people tend to like those they perceive as similar to themselves. We like people with similar views of the world because we expect such people to think highly of us.
Physical attractiveness: consistent with the matching hypothesis of personal attraction, people tend to form committed relationships with those who are similar to themselves in physical attractiveness
Divorce Two main factors of divorce Frequent conflicts and negative feelings toward each other and communication breaks down—associated early in marriage The couple is less likely to express positive feelings toward each other—not dislike—just don’t love each other—associated later in marriage.
Who we are depends on where we happen to be. See NYT article here.
Prejudice and discrimination
Implicit bias
Great summary of cognitive biases and what can be done about it
Placebo effect here Crash Course on social influence and discrimination.
Moral psychology
The disgust factor
Your morals test
Describe the difference in style and world view between Annie Hall's old-line Protestant family versus Woody Allen's Jewish family. Link here.
Fake news game
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
Weber's Law below.
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ESP
Randi's skepticism about paranormal occurrences. TED talk from Randi here. Obit here.
Vision
Opponent process theory afterimage. The color of the dress here and here
Smell
Sense of smell here
McGurk Effect
Perception: Gestalt Principles
Illustrate the following four gestalt principles in a drawing (using color): law of closure, law of similarity, the law of proximity, and the law of symmetry. You must label the laws where they occur in your drawing. If you simply copy the examples in the book or handouts you will not get a passing grade.
Senses Group Presentation
Working in groups of four to six, I will assign your group a sense. You will create a 10-minute visual presentation (display or PowerPoint).
The presentation must include:
Hearing
Cochlear implant
Conduction hearing loss
Decibels
Deaf culture
Frequency
Pitch
Place theory
Sensorineural hearing loss
Structure of the ear
Taste
Four basic sensations
Gustatory system
Papillae
Pathway of testing
Sensory interaction
Supertasters/nontasters
Taste buds
Taste preferences
Smell
Anosmics/hyposmia
Aromatherapy
Effect of smell on emotions
Nasal cavity
Olfaction
Olfactory anatomy
Pheromones
Process of smelling
Touch Acupuncture
Feeling pain
Feeling pressure
Touch
Four basic skin sensations
Gate control theory
Lamaze method
Phantom limb sensation
Somatosensory cortex
Vision
Accommodation
Acuity
Color constancy
Feature detectors
Nearsightedness/farsightedness
Opponent-process theory
Parallel processing
Structure of the eye
Transduction
Young-Helmhotz theory
Illustrate the following four gestalt principles in a drawing (using color): law of closure, law of similarity, the law of proximity, and the law of symmetry. You must label the laws where they occur in your drawing. If you simply copy the examples in the book or handouts you will not get a passing grade.
Senses Group Presentation
Working in groups of four to six, I will assign your group a sense. You will create a 10-minute visual presentation (display or PowerPoint).
The presentation must include:
- Information of the anatomy involved with the sense (5 points)
- Explanation of key terms that relate to the sense (see back page) (10 points)
- An experiment or activity with the class that shows the significance of the sense (10 points)
Hearing
Cochlear implant
Conduction hearing loss
Decibels
Deaf culture
Frequency
Pitch
Place theory
Sensorineural hearing loss
Structure of the ear
Taste
Four basic sensations
Gustatory system
Papillae
Pathway of testing
Sensory interaction
Supertasters/nontasters
Taste buds
Taste preferences
Smell
Anosmics/hyposmia
Aromatherapy
Effect of smell on emotions
Nasal cavity
Olfaction
Olfactory anatomy
Pheromones
Process of smelling
Touch Acupuncture
Feeling pain
Feeling pressure
Touch
Four basic skin sensations
Gate control theory
Lamaze method
Phantom limb sensation
Somatosensory cortex
Vision
Accommodation
Acuity
Color constancy
Feature detectors
Nearsightedness/farsightedness
Opponent-process theory
Parallel processing
Structure of the eye
Transduction
Young-Helmhotz theory
Taste
New Yorker article on food flavoring
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Vision and Hearing
Chapter 5 Sensation and Perception Study Guide
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