PSYC 319 Chapter 3 – Pt. 3 – Flashcards
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The "method of limits" is a way to determine how bright a light or heavy a weight a person can tolerate.
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False
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An "absolute threshold" is a point of detection below which there is no sensation.
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True
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The "method of constant stimuli" is used to determine if a person can tell how much brighter or dimmer a light is when compared to a reference light.
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True
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"Difference threshold" is similar to jnd.
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True
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The "method of average error" is also referred to as the "method of azimuth."
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False
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____ discovered the law, S = K log R.
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Fechner
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Fechner's flash of insight about the mind-body connection was that there is a(n) ____ relationship between a mental sensation and a material stimulus.
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quantitative
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In Fechner's Law as one variable increases arithmetically, the other variable increases ____.
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geometrically
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Late in his career, Fechner noted that the idea for describing the mind-body relationship ____.
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had not been suggested to him by Weber's work
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As a form of occupational therapy, Fechner ____.
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All of the choices are correct.
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Fechner's most important contribution to psychology was the ____.
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quantification of the mind-body relationship
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The point of sensitivity at which the least amount of change in a stimulus gives rise to a change in a sensation is a definition of ____.
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the differential threshold
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Fechner's work had proved Immanuel Kant wrong when Kant said that ____.
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psychology could never be a science
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The original source material on Fechner reproduced in your textbook was taken from the book ____.
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Elements of Psychophysics
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In the original source material from one of his books, Fechner states that, "____ depends on ____".
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sensation; stimulation
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Fechner wrote satirical essays ridiculing medicine and science under the pen name ____.
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Dr. Mises
