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CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES |
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| After you have mastered the basic concepts from this chapter, you might want to try some of these challenge activities, designed to help you better understand and apply what you have learned to your daily life. |
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1. Make a list of the most important glossary items in this chapter and write a definition for each one. 2. Outline the ten human senses, including the important structures and functions of each one. 3. Identify the principles of perceptual organization and depth perception. |
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4. Design an experiment to test the absolute or difference threshold. Hearing would be a good sense to test. Think of the application of your findings. 5. Spend some time identifying applications of perceptual grouping in everyday life. Keep a notebook on the number of times you note examples of closure, continuity, similarity, proximity, common fate, or camouflage. 6. Obtain models of visual illusions and ask several friends why they work. Find a book that describes the illusions in more detail. Try to find examples of illusions in your daily life. |
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7. Does an understanding of perception require knowledge of the principles of sensation? Is an understanding of perception or sensation more important in daily life? 8. Why have psychologists focused on visual perception? What other senses are extremely valuable in people and do the same principles work for these senses (for example, constancy)? 9. Why is the study of sensation and perception so important to the science of psychology? Which areas in perception do you feel are the most important and need the most attention in future years? Why? |
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