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What is the point?
Sensation, a fundamental concept in psychology, focuses on the initial stages of information processing, where our sensory organs detect and transmit stimuli from the environment to the brain. In the study of sensation, students explore the intricacies of sensory systems, including vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. They delve into the physiological mechanisms underlying sensory experiences, such as the workings of the eye, ear, and other sensory receptors. Discussions may also address perceptual processes, considering how the brain organizes and interprets sensory input to create our conscious experiences. Through experiments and observations, students gain a deeper understanding of how external stimuli are translated into our perceptions, shaping our awareness of the world around us. The study of sensation provides a foundational knowledge that contributes to our comprehension of higher cognitive processes and the complexities of human perception.
Sensation
Essential Lessons
Essential Lessons are content lessons that are required by all students to complete.
Mr. Wince will ask to see your notes throughout the quarter and give feedback and engage in conversations about the content.
Checklist (5 Lessons)
Growing Our Vocabulary
What is sensation?
What Is Our Most Important Sense?
What the Nose Knows
Choice!
Mr. Wince will ask to see your notes throughout the quarter and give feedback and engage in conversations about the content.
Checklist (5 Lessons)
Growing Our Vocabulary
What is sensation?
What Is Our Most Important Sense?
What the Nose Knows
Choice!
Growing Our Vocabulary
Directions: These words need to be in your notes*
These words will be incorporated into your lessons so that you have the context around how these words and concepts are used!
*CREATE VOCABULARY CARDS with the notecards in your table boxes for each term
These words will be incorporated into your lessons so that you have the context around how these words and concepts are used!
*CREATE VOCABULARY CARDS with the notecards in your table boxes for each term
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Sensory
Touch (sense of) Taste (sense of) |
Hearing (sense of)
Smell (sense of) Sight (sense of) |
Transduction
Sense Thresholds Sensory Systems |
What is sensation? |
What Is Our Most Important Sense? |
What the Nose Knows |
Choice!
Choose ONE of the topics below
These Lessons can help you better understand different aspects of the concept we are studying.
Select one that will add to your learning about this topic.
These may be articles/videos/podcasts about our topics and there may or may not be specific instructions to do something with them other than read/watch/listen and see how it can add meaning to your understanding.
If the link is directly to a video, article, ect. WITHOUT specific instructions write down 3-5 things you learned about the topic in your Notes.
Select one that will add to your learning about this topic.
These may be articles/videos/podcasts about our topics and there may or may not be specific instructions to do something with them other than read/watch/listen and see how it can add meaning to your understanding.
If the link is directly to a video, article, ect. WITHOUT specific instructions write down 3-5 things you learned about the topic in your Notes.
Film - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Science of Optical Illusions |
9 surprising facts about the sense of touch |
New AI Outperforms State-of-the-Art Machine Hearing |
(Possible Whole Class Activity)
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Why Smells and Memories Are So Strongly Linked in Our Brains |
Video - Mind Field
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A Complete Guide To Baby's Five Senses |
Can A Scent Speak A Thousand Words? |
Podcast: TED Radio Hour
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The silent “sixth” sense |
Covid 19 and Smell/Taste |
Podcast: Speaking of Psychology
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Video - How Your Senses Work?
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How Sleep Loss Amplifies Pain |