Course Description

Psychology 115a/b The Psychology of Perception

This survey course provides an introduction to perception with an emphasis on perceptual principles in everyday life. The topics may include: assessment of vision and hearing, perceptual principles in art and film, colour vision, illusions and constancies, the perception of pain, perceptual disabilities, and the senses of animals.

Antirequisites: Psychology 215a/b; the former 211E, 212a/b, 213a/b.

3 lecture hours, half course.

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