Academic Catalog

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.