PSYC 4008 : PSYC 4008 Exam3 Edit
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> insufficient to only believe humans are simply mechanical. Psychophysics: the study of relationship b/w perception of stimulus event and physical dimensions perceived. ^translated physics texts from french to german considered a physicist. Age 33: university offered full professorship in physiology last right honor. Eward hering opponent-process theory discovered visual afterimages. Performed afterimage experiments using colored lenses on the sun. ^3 years: chronic nausea, weeks w/o eating (only ham & watered wine), saw only his wife. Published spiritual poetry author name: dr. mises. Double-aspect / identity monism: mind & body are equally important; mind-body are connected. ^mind-body is a circle internal (subjective) & external (objective) characteristics are both visible. > subjective evaluation is just as important as objective. > proposal: all jnds are of equal intensity. > just noticeable difference (jnd) theory coined by weber. ^psychophysics to explain how inner life is equal to outer life. *elements of psychophysics solve the mind-body debate.
