SPECIAL NOTE:
Level 200 or 300 elective unit which may be taken as part of psychology major
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Lectures provide an introduction to the structure, functioning and development of the visual system. The effect of a developmental difference, or an impairment to the visual system, on visual perception is examined in a number of conditions such as recovery from blindness, synesthesia, migraine, visual agnosia, developmental dyslexia, and schizophrenia. These conditions provide the student with an appreciation of the complexity and effortless brilliance of the processes that make visual perception possible.
Laboratory sessions provide demonstrations of visual phenomena and psychophysical methods. Two experiments are conducted that investigate the visual perception of colour, form or motion processing and examine the process of testing theory using experimental methods.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam (50%), lab reports totalling 2,500 words (50%)
TEACHING PATTERN: 2-hr lecture and 2-hr lab class weekly (13 wks)
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
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