15 Questions
According to Weber's Law, what can we expect regarding the relationship between the length of lines and the variability of judgments?
The longer the lines, the more they will have to differ from one another in order to be confidently distinguished.
What is the Difference Threshold?
The minimum amount by which two objects must differ in order for an observer to tell the objects apart.
What is the relationship between the variability of judgments and the Constant Error (CE)?
If judgments are very variable, the CE would have to be pretty large for it to be taken seriously.
What is the Constant Error (CE)?
The difference between the PSE and the Standard stimulus.
What is the relationship between the variability of judgments and the value of the Constant Error (CE)?
The value of the CE relative to the variability of judgments is what's important, not the value of the CE by itself.
True or false: Weber and Fechner both realized that the amount of variability in our perceptual representations increases with the magnitude of the stimulus.
True
True or false: Weber's Law states that the more variable (fuzzy) our judgments of line length are, the more the lines will need to differ from one another in order to tell them apart.
True
True or false: The Difference Threshold is the minimum amount by which two objects must differ in order for an observer to tell the objects apart.
True
True or false: The value of the Constant Error (CE) by itself is important, not the value of the CE relative to the variability of our judgments.
False
True or false: If our judgments are very variable (large value of the Standard Deviation), the Constant Error (CE) would have to be pretty large for us to take it seriously.
True
According to Weber's Law, what is the relationship between the magnitude of the stimulus and the variability of perceptual representations?
The variability of perceptual representations increases with the magnitude of the stimulus.
What does the Difference Threshold represent?
The minimum amount by which two objects must differ in order for an observer to tell the objects apart.
What is the Constant Error (CE) in relation to the Standard Deviation (SD) of judgments?
The CE is directly related to the SD of judgments.
What is the relationship between the value of the Constant Error (CE) by itself and the value of the CE relative to the variability of judgments?
The value of the CE relative to the variability of judgments is important, not the value of the CE by itself.
What is the Constant Error (CE) in relation to the Perceptual Sensitivity (PSE)?
The CE is less than the PSE.
Study Notes
Weber's Law and Perception
- According to Weber's Law, the variability of judgments increases with the magnitude of the stimulus.
- The law describes the relationship between the length of lines and the variability of judgments.
Difference Threshold
- The Difference Threshold represents the minimum amount by which two objects must differ in order to be perceived as different.
- It is the minimum amount of change in stimulus intensity that an observer can detect.
Constant Error (CE)
- The Constant Error (CE) is the average difference between the perceived and actual values of a stimulus.
- The CE is a measure of bias in perception.
- The CE is related to the Standard Deviation (SD) of judgments, with a larger CE indicating greater bias.
Relationship between CE and Variability of Judgments
- The value of the CE is important relative to the variability of judgments, not by itself.
- If judgments are very variable (large SD), the CE would need to be large to be considered significant.
Perceptual Sensitivity (PSE)
- The CE is related to Perceptual Sensitivity (PSE), with the PSE being a measure of an observer's ability to detect small differences in stimuli.
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