PSY 403 - Sensation and Perception

Institution:

Post University

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Description:

This course studies the processes by which sensory information is extracted from the environment, organized, and integrated with past experience as well as the states of the organism to yield a person's perceptual experience of the world. Specific processes to be considered include visual acuity, color vision, perceptual organization and constancies, perception of depth, movement, and form. Attention is also given to distortions and illusions of perception and to the role of perceptual principles in drawings, painting, and photography. Prerequisites: PSY102; BIO134.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.post.edu/

Phone Number:

(800) 345-2562

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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