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Test 1 quiz 1
Sensation and Perception
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stevens’ power law describes the relationship between _______ and _______. | Stimulus magnitude; sensation magnitude |
| __ is often referred to as the father of psychophysics. | Fechner |
| A reduction in response caused by prior or continuing stimulation is known as | Adaptation |
| A synapse is the junction between _______ that permits information transfer. | Neurons |
| The method of _______ requires the experimenter to vary a perceptible stimulus in a series until it is no longer perceived or an imperceptible stimulus in a series until it is finally perceived. | limits |
| Frank, Gerald, Helen, and Jacob participate in a detection task. From the measures of d’ that were calculated, which participant has the greatest sensitivity? | Gerald: d’ = .6 |
| The method of _______ requires the random presentation of many stimuli, ranging from rarely to almost always perceivable, one at a time. | Constant Stimuli |
| According to the _______, the mind produces ideas that are not derived from external sources. | Nativists |
| In Signal Detection Theory, d’ represents: | the observer’s sensitivity to the stimulus |
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