Free Online Course By FutureLearn As An Introduction To Psychology: Sensation And Perception

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course as an introduction to psychology: sensation and perception.

Course background:

How do our sensory systems work together to help us understand the world and somebody else’s behaviour?

On this course, you’ll find out - investigating perception and how our senses help our mind create the world we live in. You’ll also explore the differences between perception and sensation and how they work together with attention to determine what we perceive in the environment.

Before you finish, you’ll investigate why psychologists study sensation to better understand perception, which is a key component of our behaviour and mental processes.

This course is intended for:

• This introductory course is for anyone interested in psychology - you don’t need any past experience.
• It might be of particular use to learners who have already completed a Bachelor degree in other disciplines who are interested in expanding their science and research skills.

Course duration:

6 hours per week for 2 weeks.

Course topics:

1. Sensation versus perception.
2. Waves and wavelengths.
3. Vision, hearing and other senses.
4. Illusions and psychology.
5. Principles of perception.

Course objectives:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Explain the structure and function of the sensory systems of vision, audition, touch, taste, and smell.
2. Assess the extent to which the processes of transduction and coding are common to all senses or specific to each different sense.
3. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the main types of psychophysical methods.
4. Interpret some of the ways perceptual elements, including edges and contours, are perceptually grouped (Gestalt principles).
5. Evaluate the mechanisms of perceptual constancies.

Course costs:

Monash University is offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

• Unlimited access to this course.
• Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes.
• Tests to validate your learning.
• A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible.

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