PSY280H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gustav Fechner, Psychophysics, Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Which of the following process of perception are subjective (look at lecture 1: knowledge. Which of the following process of perception are in the world (look at lecture 1: recognition, action, environmental stimulus. Is created in our heads, the brain converts the electromagnetic spectrum in our head. Its very subjective: perceptual experienced can"t be fully translated. I. e. we can"t compare how our perception compared to another"s (i. e. how our red is to another"s) What do you see/ feel/ hear/ taste: perception involves our awareness and our interpretation of the sensory experience. Perception is the subjective representation of the external experience. Essentially he is making people just detect changes: was able to develop mathematical laws, measuring changes in physical, published the element of psychophysics intensity. Absolute threshold: absolute threshold: smallest amount of energy needed to detect a stimulus, vision in pure darkness, audio in silence.
