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Course Info for PSYC - 293 - 20, Spring 2026
Class number: 2772 Title: Perception Laboratory Department: Psychology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 0.25
Enrollment limited to 18 Current enrollment: 17 Available seats: 1
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, CCAN - 121 Instructor(s): Grubb, Michael
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 293, or concurrent enrollment.
Note: All seats reserved for PSYC majors.
Course Description:
The perception laboratory provides students with an opportunity to experience and manipulate perceptual effects, to learn necessary concepts and basic methodology. Students will learn how to manipulate computer graphics to make displays, design and execute psychophysical procedures, analyze psychophysical data, and write experimental reports. Topics include perception of size, depth, color, proportion, binocular vision, apparent motion, and "biological motion." Laboratory can be taken concurrent or subsequent to Psychology 293.