PSY 424 - Perception and Sensory Processes (3 cr.)

A living organism interacts continuously with physical stimulus energies which provide it with information about states of itself and the external world. This course is concerned with the physical structures and the psychological processes by which the organism transduces those energies into neutral events and transforms those events into meaningful information for guiding behavior. Topics include species comparisons, physiological mechanisms in sensory systems, perception of form, depth, speech and motion, the perceptual constancies and illusions, color perception.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): PSY 321.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall