Humanities Homework Help

Activity #2: Sensation and Perception: Signal Detection

This purpose of this assignment is for you to participate in an experiment that uses the principles of signal detection theory to measure an individual’s ability to recognize perviously seen faces.  Perform the experiment and respond to the Questions/Tasks posed in the handout. Please refer to the published “Electronic Submission Guidelines” to ensure that your submission conforms to specified rules for PSYC 401. The assignment is worth 12 points. Point values are in parentheses.

Carefully read the handout linked below. Note that you are asked to run the experiment before reading the explanation of the experiment in the last section of the document. All the materials you will need to complete this activity are located in the “Activity #2” folder in “Homework Activities” under “Files.”