PSYB51H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Detection Theory, Andrew Huxley, Gustav Fechner
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The ability to detect the pressure, and to turn that detection into a private experience . Perception: the act of giving meaning/purpose to those detected sensations. Tienne bonnot de condillac (1715-1780): to imagine the mental life of a statue with no senses, and he concluded that the statue would have no mental life. Condillac imagined, a real mental life would develop. Methods used in the study of senses: thresholds: the point or level at which something begins/changes. Eg) your qualitative experience of red may be different from someone else"s qualitative experience of red . We can demonstrate that different people do in some cases, inhabit different sensory worlds: signal detection theory measuring difficult decisions: Signal detection theory will show decisions of this sort (medical) can be studied scientifically: sensory neuroscience: Eg) having a grilled pepper, you experience a burning sensation, but in fact there is no actual change in the temperature in your mouth.