PSYC209-25S1 (D) Semester One 2025 (Distance)

Sensation and Perception

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

A broad overview of sensation and perception. The goal is to develop both an understanding of the field and an interest in pursuing some aspects of it in the future. The emphasis will be on visual perception but perception in other senses will also be covered briefly. There is a laboratory component that will let you experience some of the classic phenomena in the discipline for yourself.

Learning Outcomes

  • The objectives of the course are to:

  • Gain an understanding of the fundamental processes that give rise to sensation and perception, and of the various factors that influence our perceptual experience.
  • Gain an understanding of the methods and techniques commonly used by scientists to answer questions relating to sensation and perception.
  • Be able to evaluate and interpret research findings critically.
  • Be able to do literature search on a topic, to synthesize research findings related to a topic, and to present the findings in writing.

Prerequisites

PSYC105 and PSYC106, or
with the approval of the Head of School, a pass in a professional year of Engineering, or
in approved courses in Art, Art History, or
Computer Science

Lecturer

Makayla Chen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Laboratory assessment 20%
Essay 16%
Test 1 32%
Test 2 32%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Goldstein, E. B. & Cacciamani, L; Sensation & Perception ; 11; Cengage Learning, 2022.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $998.00

International fee $5,188.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All PSYC209 Occurrences

  • PSYC209-25S1 (D) Semester One 2025 (Distance)