CoursePSY503

Week7 of 16

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This week’s topics

Development of visual constancies: Bower (1966)

Development of visual constancies: Bower (1966)
Cross-cultural studies (Allport and Pettigrew 1957) and their limitations

What you will be able to do

3.1 Describe the development of perceptual abilities.
3.2 Analyse cross cultural studies of infant perceptual development.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the development of perceptual abilities.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Structure and function of the visual system: the eye, retin…
Week 2: Blindness and damage to the eye and visual cortex
Week 3: Visual information processing: sensory adaptation, contrast…
Week 4: Constructivist theories: Gregory (1972) and the Gestalt app…
Week 5: Direct and computational theories: Gibson (1979) and Marr (…
Week 6: Development of depth perception: Gibson and Walk (1960), Tu…
Week 7: Development of visual constancies: Bower (1966)
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Differentiation theory (Gibson and Gibson 1955) and enrichm…
Week 10: Evidence for nurture (restricted experience, perceptual dep…
Week 11: Synthesising the nature v nurture debate in visual percepti…
Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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