What Are the Functions of Feedback? What Are the Sources

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Essay

What are the functions of feedback? What are the sources of feedback? Discuss the factors that affect perceptions of feedback and provide examples from your own experience.

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Definitions:

Standard Stimulus

A specific, unchanging stimulus used as a basis for comparison in experimental investigations.

Jnd

Stands for Just Noticeable Difference, the minimal change in a stimulus that can just barely be detected by an organism.

Weber Fraction

A concept in psychophysics that describes the proportionate relationship between the magnitude of a physical stimulus and its perceptible increment needed to detect a difference.

Psychological Magnitude

The perceived size, intensity, or importance of a psychological process or stimulus, often related to how individuals assess and experience various psychological phenomena.