Apr 23, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  General Information
  The College and Its Mission
  Institutional Learning Outcomes
  Admission
  Accreditations
  Academic Calendar
  Academic Requirements and Policies
  Fees and Expenses
  Financial Aid
  The Merrimack College Honors Program
  Schools and Academic Programs
  Programs of Study (A-Z)
  Course Descriptions
  Faculty
HELP
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

PSY 3130 - Sensation and Perception Lab

Credits: 4
The purpose of this course is to illustrate the importance of the human sensory and perceptual systems. We will explore each of the primary sensory systems by defining the physical energy each detects. We will then examine how that energy is transduced into neural impulses and how aspects of that information are encoded to provide a representation of our world. The goal of this course is to help you to understand the capabilities and limitations of the human perceptual system such that you will be able to apply the course concepts to your everyday lives.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100  and PSY 2110