PSY4206 PSYCHOPHYSICS
| Course Code: |
2334206 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
7.0 |
| Department: |
Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assist.Prof.Dr NAHÝDE DÝCLE DÖVENCÝOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Psychophysics, Fechner`s Law, Weber`s Law, Stephen`s Power Law. Methods of constant stimuli, limits, and adjustment, Discrimination and detection thresholds, Just noticeable difference (JND}, psychometric function, Signal Detection Theory. Forced-choice tasks, Non-threshold tasks, and Scaling. Fourier Analysis, Contrast Sensitivity Function, Michelson Contrast. Likelihood Principle, Bayesian Framework.
