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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Review and coursework completion

PSY503 · Visual Perception — Week 15 of 16

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Week15 of 16
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the key structure and function of the visual system.
  • 1.2 Analyse the nature of visual information processing.
  • 2.1 Identify theories of visual perception.
  • 2.2 Analyse the application of theories of visual perception.
  • 3.1 Describe the development of perceptual abilities.
  • 3.2 Analyse cross cultural studies of infant perceptual development.
  • 4.1 Explain the role of visual perceptual development in the debate of nature v nurture.
  • 4.2 Analyse the nature v nurture debate as it relates to visual perceptual development.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
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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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