Psychophysics is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Psychophysics in a sentence
Psychophysics meaning
The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.
Synonyms of Psychophysics
Using Psychophysics
- The main meaning on this page is: The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.
- Useful related words include: experimental psychology, psychonomics.
- In the example corpus, psychophysics often appears in combinations such as: of psychophysics.
Context around Psychophysics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Psychophysics
- In this selection, "psychophysics" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unlike stand out and add context to how "psychophysics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include articles on psychophysics during his and elements of psychophysics a book. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "psychophysics" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with psychophysics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However in Leipzig E. H. Weber and G. T. Fechner were conducting groundbreaking studies founding what would become the field of psychophysics. (22 words)
Marginalism and psychophysics Unlike other historicists, Weber also accepted the marginal theory of value (also called "marginalism") and taught it to his students. (23 words)
The one influence that has always been cited as having inspired Ebbinghaus was Gustav Fechner 's Elements of Psychophysics, a book which he purchased second-hand in England. (28 words)
Boas did publish six articles on psychophysics during his year of military service (1882-1883), but ultimately he decided to focus on geography, primarily so he could receive sponsorship for his planned Baffin Island expedition. (35 words)
The one influence that has always been cited as having inspired Ebbinghaus was Gustav Fechner 's Elements of Psychophysics, a book which he purchased second-hand in England. (28 words)
Marginalism and psychophysics Unlike other historicists, Weber also accepted the marginal theory of value (also called "marginalism") and taught it to his students. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Boas did publish six articles on psychophysics during his year of military service (1882-1883), but ultimately he decided to focus on geography, primarily so he could receive sponsorship for his planned Baffin Island expedition.
However in Leipzig E. H. Weber and G. T. Fechner were conducting groundbreaking studies founding what would become the field of psychophysics.
Marginalism and psychophysics Unlike other historicists, Weber also accepted the marginal theory of value (also called "marginalism") and taught it to his students.
The one influence that has always been cited as having inspired Ebbinghaus was Gustav Fechner 's Elements of Psychophysics, a book which he purchased second-hand in England.
Common combinations with psychophysics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of psychophysics 2×