Imagine that you are curious about how people perceive colour and how well they can detect small changes in colour. You design a slide show in which you slowly manipulate the colour of the light people see (by slowly changing the light's frequency) and you ask them if they can detect the change. Your efforts are most similar to the works of the people in which of the following fields?
A)Evolutionary psychology
B)Psychophysics
C)Behaviour genetics
D)Behavioural neuroscience

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Psychophysics is the field that studies the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. Your experiment, which involves changing the frequency of light and asking participants if they can detect this change, aligns with psychophysical methods that examine how people perceive sensory stimuli.

Imagine That You Are Curious About How People Perceive Colour