Psychology 213 Sensation and Perception
Instructor: J.
Michael Williams, PhD
Office Rm 1021 Bellet Building, 15 & Race Streets. e-mail: mike.williams@drexel.edu
Class Meetings:
Office Hours: 11-12 MWF
Course Website: http://www.learnpsychology.com/courses/spcourse/sp.html
Course Objectives:Learn the basic facts and concepts that underlie the human perceptual systems
of Vision, Hearing, Somatosensory perception and the chemical senses.
Textbook: Goldstein, E. Bruce, Sensation and Perception, Current Edition, Wadsworth Publishing
Exams: The examinations will include multiple choice and short-answer questions. Examinations will be available approximately each week on WebCT and will cover the material presented in the previous week.
| Dates | Topic | Reading | Power Point Presentations |
| Week 1 | Introduction | Ch 1 | |
| Week 2 | Vision: Light and the Eye | Ch 2 | Vision Introduction |
| Week 3 | Vision: General Anatomy | Ch 3, 4 | |
| Week 4-5 | Vision: Perception | Ch 5, 6, 7, 8 | |
| Week 6 | Hearing: Anatomy | Ch 10 | Hearing |
| Week 7 | Hearing: Perception | Ch 11, 12 | Hearing
Perception Hearing-Speech |
| Week 8 | Cutaneous Perception | Ch 13 | Cutaneous |
| Week 9 | Chemical Senses | Ch 14 | Smell Taste |
| Week 10 | Clinical Aspects of Perception | Ch 16 | |