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1. Why is sensory adaptation important?

1. Why is sensory adaptation important?

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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1. Why is sensory adaptation important? 2. Imagine you woke up and lost one of your senses (you pick which one) (4 points) a. How is this sense beneficial evolutionarily? (Imagine you are back in hunter- gatherer times – how would this sense have helped you to survive/adapt to the environment)? b. Now think of yourself currently, how would your daily life be affected now in 2021 if you lost this sense? (It may or may not be significantly affected) c. What would you do to compensate (in other words, what would you do to try to overcome or manage the fact that you lost a sense)? 3. Your uncle Khaled asks you about what you're learning in PSYC101 and you mention "Gestalt Psychology Laws." Your family member asks what's so important about understanding Gestalt Laws. Write below what you would say. Hint: You have a couple of options here: you could explain how Gestalt psychology contributed to our understanding of perception or what are some "take-home messages" that you learned based on Gestalt psychology. 4. Answer A OR B (not both) a. Why do scientists say that our perception is constructed? Give an example. b. Provide an example of perceptual set and explain how it influences perceptual experiences. 5. What advice would you give to someone about how to lessen their feelings of pain according to the Gate-Control Theory of Pain? 6. We learned about inattentional blindness, inattentional deafness, and change blindness in class and saw several visual examples and videos demonstrating them in class. Were you "tricked" by any of them (or all)? Which one(s) and were you surprised that you were tricked/not tricked? What is your interpretation of what these examples tell you about human attention?
Transcribed Image Text:1. Why is sensory adaptation important? 2. Imagine you woke up and lost one of your senses (you pick which one) (4 points) a. How is this sense beneficial evolutionarily? (Imagine you are back in hunter- gatherer times – how would this sense have helped you to survive/adapt to the environment)? b. Now think of yourself currently, how would your daily life be affected now in 2021 if you lost this sense? (It may or may not be significantly affected) c. What would you do to compensate (in other words, what would you do to try to overcome or manage the fact that you lost a sense)? 3. Your uncle Khaled asks you about what you're learning in PSYC101 and you mention "Gestalt Psychology Laws." Your family member asks what's so important about understanding Gestalt Laws. Write below what you would say. Hint: You have a couple of options here: you could explain how Gestalt psychology contributed to our understanding of perception or what are some "take-home messages" that you learned based on Gestalt psychology. 4. Answer A OR B (not both) a. Why do scientists say that our perception is constructed? Give an example. b. Provide an example of perceptual set and explain how it influences perceptual experiences. 5. What advice would you give to someone about how to lessen their feelings of pain according to the Gate-Control Theory of Pain? 6. We learned about inattentional blindness, inattentional deafness, and change blindness in class and saw several visual examples and videos demonstrating them in class. Were you "tricked" by any of them (or all)? Which one(s) and were you surprised that you were tricked/not tricked? What is your interpretation of what these examples tell you about human attention?
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