Tutorial 2 - Psychophysics Flashcards
1
Q
What is the study of the relation between stimulus and sensation called?
A
Psychophysics
2
Q
Define Psychophysics
A
psychophysics is figuring out what you experience when something happens to your sensory organs
3
Q
something that provides sensory input to any of the sense organs
A
stimulus
4
Q
Precision is…
A
how consistent your judgements about a stimulus are
5
Q
Accuracy is…
A
how close, on average, your judgments about a stimulus are to the true value
6
Q
Can some have high precision and low accuracy?
A
Yes
7
Q
True or False?
Accuracy and precision are the same
A
False
8
Q
Our ability to distinguish between two stimulus magnitudes depends on their magnitudes
A
Webers Law (big dog, small dog)
