Psychology Lesson Pl Introducing Sensation And Perception...

Psychology Lesson Plan: Introduction to Sensation and Perception Key Words/ Concepts: Sensation: sensory information is detected by sensory receptors in the form of action potentials (Psychology, p. 150, 2016) Perception: the way sensory information is processed, organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced (Psychology, p. 151, 2016) Stimuli, Stimulus: something that excites an organism or part to functional activity. (Dictionary.com Unabridged, 2016) Transduction: the conversion of sensory stimulus energy to action potential (Psychology, p. 150, 2016) 5 Main Senses: Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch, and Hearing Additional Senses: Balance, Body position, movement, pain, and temperature Subliminal Messages: a stimulus received but not consciously aware of; researched heavily (Psychology, p. 150, 2016) Opening words and activity: Who can tell me the difference between perception and sensation? (Pause for answers, respond accordingly to students, â€Å"Not quite†, â€Å"Close†, â€Å"Very good†) These are all very good attempts, but let me show you the difference. If the class will please divide into groups of three. One student from each group will be blindfolded, one will write down the answers, and one will be giving items to the blindfolded student. Activity: 5 containers will be filled with the following: wet cotton balls, sunflower seeds, olives, small real dry sponges, a bundle of clover blossoms. As the containers are passed from group to group, the un-blindfolded student will hand