Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Detection Theory, Absolute Threshold, Electric Shock

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

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Sweet food touching your tongue: perception: matching process results in recognition and interpretation of stimuli (ex. *** hint: imagine a study where people must say whether they see a light or not; they can only answer yes or no fill in a 2x2 grid with the 4 outcomes. Present absent: i/i = c (a constant, ex) if i=50db and a jnd is reported at 55db, then 5/50 = 0. 1, can predict other jnds -> what"s a jnd @ 100db, i/100 = 0. 1 -> i = 10. Lateral occipital area in both hemispheres: define sensory adaptation and define habituation. Why do we not normally notice this: attached tiny projector to a contact lens worn by participant -> visual images presented through projector guaranteed that its visual images would have the same position on the retina each time. Iris: coloured part of eye: controls contraction and dilation.