Sensation

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Psychology Network"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |     </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>King's Psychology Network</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Forum"><U>Discussion Forum</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id181.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is Psychology?Pre Post Definition"><U>What is Psychology?-Pre & Post Definition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id241.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Overview of Psychology"><U>Overview of Psychology</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research on Human and Animal Subjects"><U>Research on Human and Animal Subjects</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of Psychology"><U>History of Psychology</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neuroscience: Brain Behavior"><U>Neuroscience: Brain & Behavior</U></A>   |   <B>Sensation</B>   |   <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perception"><U>Perception</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Development"><U>Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Evolutionary Psychology"><U>Evolutionary Psychology</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Motivation"><U>Motivation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Emotion"><U>Emotion</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Learning"><U>Learning</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Memory"><U>Memory</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thinking Language"><U>Thinking & Language</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Language or Thinking?"><U>Language or Thinking?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Thinking Without Language?"><U> Thinking Without Language?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Language Development"><U>Language & Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Animal Learning, Language Cognition"><U>Animal Learning, Language & Cognition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Intelligence"><U>Intelligence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personality"><U>Personality</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Non Ordinary States of Consciousness"><U>Non Ordinary States of Consciousness</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Social Psychology"><U>Social Psychology</U></A></div> <div> <B>Sensation</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Back To:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Syllabus PSY 200"><U><B>Course Syllabus-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Overview of Class SchedulePsy 200"><U><B>Class Schedule-Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons Handouts"><U><B>Lessons & Handouts - Psy 2</B></U></A><B>00</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Learning Links"><U><B>Related Learning Links - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id234.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related ReadingsPsy 200"><U><B>Related Readings-PSY 200</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Forum"><U><B>Discussion Forum - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Forum"><U><B>Discussion Forum - Psy 20</B></U></A><B>0</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>SENSATION</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I</B><B><U>magine What Would Happen If Our Senses Were More Acute</U></B></div> <div> Humans do not have the most sensitive or acute sensory systems in the animal kingdom.  Rats can see better at night than we can; eagles have more acute distance vision, and horses have a wider visual field.  Some bats can hear frequencies that exceed 100,000 Hertz; dolphins receive auditory messages from great distances; and cats can probably localize sounds better because they can rotate their ears.  Rabbits have more taste buds than we do and many animals have a keener sense of smell.  Think about your perceptions of the world if your senses were more acute.  <B>If you could see better, What would you see?  If you could hear better than you currently hear, what would you hear? If your chemical senses, taste and smell, were better than they are, how would you be affected? Why are our senses no more and no less sensitive and acute than they are?  What will happen to the sensory systems as human evolution  proceeds?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Synesthesia</U></B></div> <div> Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation in one sensory modality arouses images in a different modality.  For example, it has been reported that some people associate passages of music with specific colors.  A common example is when we use words that describe a sensation from one modality to describe a sensation from another modality or an object or event.  Can you think of any examples?  Can you see any relationship between the way a word is used and the sensory experience it describes?  </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Word examples:  spicy novel, bitter experience, cold shoulder, hot prospect, sour expression, brown study, sweet person, blue Monday, rough person, green thumb, black humor, warm relationship, heavy reading, light beer, dark secret.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Relationship Between Taste and Smell</U></B></div> <div> Describe our sense of smell (olfaction) and our sense of taste (gustation).  Describe the relationship among taste, smell, and flavor.  Why does food taste so bland when you have a cold?  Is there a relationship between smell and memory?  Between smell and depression?  Between smell and illness?  Which is greater -- smell or taste?</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Pheromones</U></B></div> <div> Read the article, "The Smell of Love."  Discuss the questions that follow.  What is the neural pathway for olfaction?  How do we perceive odors?  What are pheromones?  Can you cite examples of pheromones in animals? Do you believe that humans also communicate by way of pheromones?  If so, cite some situations in humans.  What is your opinion about the points made in this article?</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Sensation, Perception & The Brain</U></B></div> <div> Read the article, "The Senses."  Discuss the questions that follow.  Why do psychologists want to study sensation and perception, which are ordinarily the domain of biologists and physicians?  How would you rank the senses if you had to place them in a hierarchy of importance? Explain your ranking.</div> <bR> <div> What role does the brain play in sensation and perception?  More specifically, what role does the brain play in audition?  In touch? In pain? How are touch audition and pain related to consciousness?  How does touch and hearing relate to our ability to communicate with each other?  Can we communicate well if we are blind? If we are deaf? Do the senses interact with each other? Explain your answers.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Develop a Did You Know Fact Sheet</U></B></div> <div> If you had to develop a "Did You Know" fact sheet for presentation, what would be the important facts you would include about sensation (and  perception)? Include the major points (no more than 5) on the discussion forum.  Bring your more extensive fact sheet to class to distribute to your classmates. Please distribute a typewritten handout.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <a href="http://www.onlinehealthresources.com/Senses/">Senses resources</a> - directory of Senses related websites.<br>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>