studying sensation Flashcards
1
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structuralism
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WUNDT
human experiemce through introspection
2
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psychophysics
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FECHNER
studies relationship between physical stimuli and psychological experience
determining sensitivity through constant stimuli of different intensities
3
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absolute threshold
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the minimum stimulus discriminated reliably from no stimulus
4
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difference threshold
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minimum difference in stimuli intensity necessary to tell its different
5
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Weber-Fechner Law
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the change in intensity must be bigger as intensity increases (proportionate increases)
6
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signal detection theory
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we have certain criterion for discriminating stimuli from background noise, which may become more or less conservative based on experience and incentive
