Notre Dame students in John Smith and Brian Perry’s A.P. Psychology classes are going through their annual “sensation/perception” lab, which takes students from one demonstration to another for two days as they experience different sensations and then explore their perceptions of the sensations.
According to Smith, the students learn about how external stimuli are internalized by their senses and how their sensations influence their perceptions and how their perceptions and expectations can influence their sensations.
Similar to those found in college-level psychology courses, the lab at NDP considers sensation and perception from several perspectives: physiological, psychophysical, ecological, motivational, and computational.
Check out more photos below of some of this recent activity.
Test subjects are blindfolded and then have to guess “What’s that Smell?” Test subjects wear inverted goggles and have to “Serve the Hungry Diner!” Test subjects wear distortion goggles and try to “Make the Upside Down Right Side Up.” Test subjects see if they are indeed “Supertasters” and how “miracle fruit” is a “miracle” for the senses. Test subjects are nervous and surprised as they try to figure out “What’s in the Box?”
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