Sensation and Perception
If a graph in a research study shows a positive correlation between light intensity and reported alertness, what might be inferred about light as an external stimulus?
Who first quantified how changes in intensity must be proportional to the original stimulus for it to be noticed by humans?
What phenomenon can most aptly describe why people different cultures often have difficulty distinguishing foreign phonemes from each other?
What does the figure-ground relationship explain?
Which principle explains how we distinguish a subject from its background according to Gestalt psychologists?
What is the minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time?
What is the process by which sensory information is converted into neural messages?
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If psychologists did not consider individual differences when applying Weber's Law, what ethical issues may arise?
What role might top-down processing play when considering cross-cultural variability in susceptibility to optical illusions?
The perceived pitch related to frequency in sound waves is known as what?