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Sensation and

Perception

Perception: Visuals
Lesson 1
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
Learning Objectives
1. Define and differentiate between
sensation and perception.
2. Describe and explain some different
visual illusions.
3. Investigate the probability of perceiving
different versions of the same visual
illusion. C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
LO1: Define and differentiate between sensation and

Sensation
perception.
vs
is the physical
stimulation of
Perceptionis how the brain
interprets the
sense receptor sensory
cells by the information that it
environment. receives.

eg. rays of light eg. we may


hitting the retina perceive a duck in
in the eye or the ambiguous
sound waves figure on the
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
Fear or Love?
An interesting fact about fear and physical
attraction is that the same body systems are
activated in both cases. When faced with either
a grizzly bear or someone to whom we are
attracted, our hearts start to beat faster and
our mouth gets dry. However, it is what we see
that influences the label we give the experience:
fear or love.

1. Give one example of sensation from the item


above [1] C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
Fear or Love?
Model Answers:

1. Seeing the grizzly bear or a person we are


attracted to is an example of sensation
2. Feeling fear or feeling nervous when seeing
the bear or someone attractive are examples
of perception.
3. Sensation involves information from the
environment being transmitted to the brain
via the eyes, eg. seeing the bear or the
person. Perception is when our brains make
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
LO2: Describe and explain some different visual illusions.

Ambiguous Figures
We have already seen an example of ambiguity in
visual illusions on the title slide with the rabbit and
duck image.
The necker cube is
another example of an
ambiguous illusion.

Do you see the lower face


or the upper face at the
front?
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
LO2: Describe and explain some different visual illusions.

Ambiguous Figures

Some people initially see the lower blue face at the


front, some people see the upper blue face at the
front and you can switch between the two by
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
LO3: Investigate the probability of perceiving different
versions of the

Designing an Investigation
same visual illusion

You are going to design and carry out an


investigation to find out if certain factors make
people more likely to see one version an ambiguous
image over the other.
Firstly, choose an ambiguous image.
C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021
What you should include

1) Aim

2) Hypothesis (both alternative and null hypothesis)

3) Method section: Participants and sampling method. Step by step method.

4) Results table – mean (and standard deviations for grade 8/9) Graph (error bars
for 8/9)

5) Conclusion

6) Discussion – areas for improvement/ applications to real life/ future research


C. Collins, Greenwich, 2021

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