1. The Other Senses Touch, Pain, Taste Smell, Body Movement

2. Glove Volunteers Wash hand- put on plastic gloves

3. Touch Sensation What are the basic skin sensations? Pressure, Warmth, Cold, Pain How is touch psychologically significant? Attachment & Social Functioning, Pain reduction, Reproduction Story of touch development

4. Demos Two- Point Thresholds = measure of difference between two stimuli before they are felt as two separate stimuli. Warm plus cold equals hot ( Handout) Touch Localization

5. Pain Gate Control Theory= The spinal cord contains a neurological “gate" that either blocks pains/allows signals to pass to brain. Tissue injury- opens “gate” = pain Large neural fibers= closes “gate” ( massage stubbed toe/ ice on injury) The memory of pain is felt at its peak and at end Lonely Planet Clip- culture

6. Taste What are the four basic tastes? Sweet, salty, sour, bitter Taste is innate ( newborn) No tongue- still taste Sensory Interaction=one sense influences another ( smell-taste) Taste Buds Demo

7. Smell

9. Psychology of Smell Pheromones= chemical messengers that produce endocrine response or elicit a response pattern Gender Odor Demo Are there human pheromones? Research study on Ovulation & Menstruation Attraction and T-Shirt smell- Immune System ( Mclintock & Stern) Others- Good & Plenty & Cucumber

10. Kinesthesis & Vestibular Sense Kinesthesis=the sense of our body parts position and movement Vestibular Sense=sense of body movement and balance Demo 2- Eyes and balance Demo 3- Vision and Balance