Sensation & Perception Carnival

Description: Use this project in your AP or non-AP Psychology course during the unit on Sensation aand nd
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 Sensation & Perception Carnival
Team Expectations:
● Create a demonstration of an assigned vocabulary term that shows t he
term’s meaning
● Record the demonstration -- you’ll n e e d to ask for outside help on this
● Each partner must play an equal a n d integral role in the creation
an d implementation of the final recording of t he demonstration.
Individual Expectations:
● Play an equal a n d integral role in t he creation a n d implementation of the
final recording of the demonstration.
● Post the video recording of the demonstration on your blog along with a full
explanation of t he vocabulary term a n d reflection of t he project (see guidelines
for blog post).

Your Demonstration Should...

● Clearly show t he meaning of t he term you wer e assigned.
● Show the nature of t he term itself, not b e an explanation of the term .

Your Video Should…

● Include your demonstration AND an explanation of the term.
○ The explanation can b e you or your partner speaking or a different
creative addition to the video.
● Not b e too short- ma k e sure you’ve clearly shown the term.
● Not b e too long- b e c a u s e peo pl e will lose interest an d just stop watching.

Your Blog Post Should:

● Include your video.
● Include an overview of how your t e a m c a m e to demonst r at e t he term in the
way you did.
● Include a reflection of t he video- what d o you think of the quality of
your demonstration, is there anything you think should b e different,
etc.

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Bottom-up vs. Top-down processing

Selective attention & Cocktail party effect

Inattentional blindness

Change blindness

Divided attention

Absolute threshold vs. Difference threshold (JND)

Signal detection theory

Subliminal

Weber’s law

Sensory adaptation

Phi phenomenon

The Moon Illusion

Stroboscopic effect

Perceptual constancy

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