Perception

• • 1. Introduction, Principles and Methods
  • 2. The Body Senses and the Chemical Senses
  • 3. Auditiory perception
  • 4. Light, Eye & Brain, and Spatial Vision
  • 5. Visual Development
  • 6. Object Perception
  • 7. Multisensory Integration
  • 8. Depth Perception
  • 9. Motion Perception
  • 10. Colour Vision
  • 11. Face Perception

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PSYX247-Perception I

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MAQ-PSYX105-Introduction to Psychology II , or MAQ-PSYX1105-Introduction to Psychology II

Special requirements

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  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Perception, using the senses, is an organism's only link to the outside world. As the only method for our brain to absorb information, perceptual processes mediate what we believe is real and everything we have ever learned. This unit investigates the mechanisms of perception through all of the major senses, giving special attention to the best understood sense of all: vision. We explore aspects from the physiological bases of the senses to the rich and complex experiences and illusions that they produce, answering questions such as 'How do 3D movies work?', 'How do we know which way is up?', 'Why are some people colour-blind?', 'What do wine-tasters know that I don't?', 'How can we tell the pitch of a musical note?', and 'How do we tell our friends from strangers?'

• online quizzes (16%)
• Practical worksheets (Participation in online practical exercises) (9%)
• mid semester test (Online test) (25%)
• invigilated examination (50%)