PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hypochondriasis, Hans Selye, Internal Standard
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If you pick up a 6-pack of soda and then you carry one can, the one can will. Internal standard of personal medium point or a frame of reference and whether a. Each person"s adaptation level is constantly being modified by experience. Helson"s adaptation level theory: stimulus is judged above or below this medium point, depends on recent experience with other stimuli of that type appear very light weight. 2 lines (same length), one appears longer because direction of the arrow. Influences on schema: individual experience, past/personal experience, motivation- ex. Hungry person is more likely to perceive ambiguous stimuli as food: emotional state- a hill is judged steeper if sad music is playing, cultural factors- ex. In the zulu culture they are not used to seeing straight lines and edges and are more accurate judging the muller lyer illusion (lines: multimodal perception-information from two or more sensory systems is combined.
