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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Evidence for nurture (restricted experience, perceptual deprivation) and for nature (animal studies, direct perception)

PSY503 · Visual Perception — Week 10 of 16

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Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Evidence for nurture (restricted experience, perceptual deprivation) and for nature (animal studies, direct perception)

  1. The nature v nurture debate as it relates to visual perceptual development

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Analyse the nature v nurture debate as it relates to visual perceptual development.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the nature v nurture debate as it relates to visual perceptual development.

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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