PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Detection Theory, Trichromacy, Mach Bands
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Chapter 3 study guide: the ability to distinguish sensations does not depend on differences between sense organs but rather: That the jnd is always a constant fraction of the original stimulus: a person living near an industrial plant producing foul-smelling smoke will not notice it after a while because of: Sensory adaptation: the sensory system that is slowest to adapt is: Pain: signal detection theory describes two kids of noise that could interfere with the perception of the sensory stimuli. Internal activity and external environmental stimuli: the ____ is a muscular membrane that regulates the amount of light entering the eye. Iris: the focusing process in which the lens adjusts its shape depending on the distance between the eye and the object viewed in order to project a clear image onto the retina is called: Accommodation: in very dim, low intensity light, vision is diminished.
