Sensation And Perception Flashcards

1
Q

Ernst Weber

A

Investigation of muscle sense

Introduce just noticeable difference (JND)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Gustav Fechner

A

Formulated Weber’s law

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Sir Francis Galton

A

Anthropometric lab

How people differ in their sensory abilities

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Max Wertheimer

A

Founder of Gestalt psychology

Phi phenomenon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

S. S. Steven

A

Steven’s law

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

John A. Swets

A

Refined ROC curve

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Hubel and Wiesel

A

Found a neural basis for feature detection theory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Young-Helmholtz

A

Trichromatic theory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Ewald Hering

A

Opponent process theory of color vision

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

George Berkeley

A

Various cues for depth

Interposition, relative size, linear perspective

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

J. J. Gibson

A

Texture gradient

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Wolfgang Kohler

A

Theory of isomorphism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Emmert

A

Emmert’s law

Size constancy and apparent distance

Later generalized into the size-distance invariance principle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Fantz

A

Preferential looking

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Eleanor Gibson and Richard walk

A

Visual cliff

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Helmholtz

A

Place resonance theory

17
Q

Weber and Bray

A

Modified the frequency theory by proposing the volley principal

18
Q

Beseky

A

Beseky traveling theory

19
Q

Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall

A

Gate theory of pain

20
Q

Donald Broadbent

A

Selective attention

All or nothing process

21
Q

Yerkes-Dodson law

A

Arousal and performance