Section 6: Thresholds & Psychophysics

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Psychophysics

The study of how physical stimuli (like light, sound, or touch) relate to our perception of them.

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Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect 50% of the time.

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Difference Threshold

The smallest detectable difference between two stimuli.

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Weber’s Law:

The size of the JND is proportional to the intensity of the original stimulus.

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Signal Detection Theory

Looks at how motivation, expectations, and noise affect our ability to detect stimuli.

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Subliminal Stimuli

Stimuli below the absolute threshold.