---
title: "SSPBF4: Physical World as Perception (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSPBF4
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSPBF4
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSPBF4: Physical World as Perception

Describe how the physical world is translated into a psychological experience.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSPBF4.a**: Describe the basic structures of the eye and ear, the associated neural pathways, and the process of sensory transduction.
- **SSPBF4.b**: Recognize causes which can lead to hearing and vision deficits: include environmental causes, aging, genetics, diet, disease, and trauma.
- **SSPBF4.c**: Describe the major theories associated with visual and auditory sensation and perception: include threshold theory, opponent process theory, trichromatic theory of vision, frequency theory, volley theory and place theory of hearing.
- **SSPBF4.d**: Identify additional senses, include: smell, taste and touch.
- **SSPBF4.e**: Analyze different perceptual illusions and describe why illusions are important for our understanding of perception.
- **SSPBF4.f**: Compare top-down and bottom-up processing.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.