PSYC 375 Jeff Andre TEST 1 Questions With Correct Answers

PSYC 375 Jeff Andre TEST 1 Questions
With Correct Answers

sensation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The ability to detect a stimulus and,
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perhaps, to turn that detection into a private experience.
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perception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the act of giving meaning to a
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detected sensation |




qualia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In philosophy, private conscious
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experiences of sensation or perception. | | | |




dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that the mind has an
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existence separate from the material world of the body
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materialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that the only thing that
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exists is matter, and that all things, including the mind and
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consciousness, are the results of interaction between bits of matter.
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panpsychism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The idea that the mind exists as a
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property of all matter—that is, that all matter has consciousness.
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,psychophysics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the science of defining
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quantitative relationships between physical and psychological
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(subjective) events |




two-point touch threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The minimum
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distance at which two stimuli (e.g., two simultaneous touches) are just
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perceptible as separate. | |




just noticeable difference - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the smallest
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detectable difference between two stimuli
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difference threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the minimum change in a
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stimulus that enables it to be correctly judged
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Weber fraction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the constant of proportionality
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in Weber's law
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Weber's Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the principle describing the
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relationship between stimulus and resulting sensation that says the JND
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is a constant fraction of the comparison stimulus
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Fechner's Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A principle describing the
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relationship between stimulus and resulting sensation that says the
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, magnitude of subjective sensation increases proportionally to the
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logarithm of the stimulus intensity.
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absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the minimum amount of
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stimulation necessary for a person to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
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method of constant stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A psychophysical
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method in which many stimuli, ranging from rarely to almost always
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perceivable (or rarely to almost always perceivably different from a
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reference stimulus), are presented one at a time. Participants respond
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to each presentation: "yes/no," "same/different," and so on.
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method of limits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A psychophysical method in
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which the particular dimension of a stimulus, or the difference between
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two stimuli, is varied incrementally until the participant responds
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differently.


method of adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a method of limits in
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which the subject controls the change in the stimulus
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magnitude estimation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a psychophysical
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method in which the participant assigns values according to perceived
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magnitudes of the stimuli | | |