Exam 10: Psychophysics and the Formal Founding of Psychology

The name Wundt preferred for his system of thought was

Helmholtz's explanation of depth perception was based largely on

The ophthalmoscope, invented by ______, made it possible to gain visual access to the retina of the eye.

The just noticeable difference (difference threshold) is a constant mathematical function of the existing amount of stimulation. In its most basic form, this was first proposed by

The just noticable difference is a constant logarithmic function of the existing amount of stimulation was proposed by __________.

Fechner's night view of life is found in ________ whereas his day view of life is found in ________.

___________ wrote the first textbook claiming to be about physiological psychology and was a pioneer in the fields of space and depth perception.

For Wundt, an element is

_____ possessed an intense interest in vision research, particularly in the areas of color vision, depth perception, and the physical structure of the eye.

The formal beginnings of experimental psychology are generally traced to the year _____ when _______.

Thresholds are typically defined operationally as

The formal beginnings of psychophysics are found in the work of

_____ systematically mapped the cutaneous sensitivity of the human body.

A difference threshold is defined as

The trichromatic theory of color vision grew largely out of the work of

The term psychophysics refers to

Which of the following was NOT a dimension in Wundt's tridimensional theory of feeling?

The heterogony of ends, according to Wundt, refers to