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15 Cards in this Set

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G. Bekesy
traveling wave theory of pitch perception (partially supported Helmholtz's place-resonance theory)

G. Berkeley

studied depth cues

D. Broadbent

filter theory of attention

G. Fechner

Fechner's law: intensity of stimulus & intensity of sensation

E. Gibson and R. Walk

visual cliff - development of depth perception

J. Gibson

also studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients)

Herman von Helmholtz

Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of color; place-resonance theory of pitch perception

E. Hering

opponent-process theory of color vision

D. Hubel and T. Wiesel

feature detection in visual cortex; simple, complex, and hypercomplex cells

W. Kohler

theory of isomorphism

R. Melzack and P. Wall

gate theory of pain

S.S. Stevens

Steven's law as an alternative to Fechner's law - intensity of stimulus v. sensation

John A. Swets

ROC curves in signal detection theory

E. Wever and C. Bray

volley theory of pitch perception - criticism of frequency theory of pitch

R. Yerkes and J. Dodson

Yerkes-Dodson Law - performance best at intermediate levels of arousal