Learning aims for each chapter have been provided to help keep track of the key concepts you need to master in each chapter:

• be aware of the distinction between sensation and perception and the reasons why we study perception
   
• be able to describe the different theories of perception and also explain concepts such as affor­dances and invariances
   
• be familiar with developments in each of the five senses
   
• understand and describe the different cues which aid in the development of vision
   
• describe the concept of intermodal perception
   
• think about the development of perception across the life span