I Was a Second-Semester Freshman

question 64

Short Answer

I was a second-semester freshman. I was eating fries in the college cafeteria when my friend Liz came up. She was wearing that plaid coat with her yellow skirt, along with that moss-green embroidered bag, the one with a Grecian urn embroidered on it. She told me the Space Shuttle blew up. This is my _____ memory of the 1986 Challenger disaster.

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Definitions:

Weber's Law

A principle describing the smallest difference in stimulus intensity that is detectable, typically proportional to the intensity of the original stimulus.

Difference Threshold

The smallest change in stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time by a participant.

Color Receptors

Cells in the retina of the eye that are sensitive to specific wavelengths of light, enabling color vision.

Weber's Law

A principle relating to the perception of change in a given stimulus, stating that the ratio of the increment threshold to the background intensity is a constant.