Spongebob Case Study
1) Distinguish between absolute and difference thresholds, and discuss whether we can sense and be affected by subliminal or unchanging stimuli.
Absolute threshold is minimum stimulation to detect a particular stimulus fifty percent of the time. Difference threshold is the minimum difference between two stimuli that a person can detect fifty percent of the time. It has been proven that people can be affected by subliminal or unchanging stimuli. The priming effect revealed that we can process information from stimuli that is too weak to recognize. Most of the information that we process happens unconsciously. Many subliminal messages can be found in children cartoons. For example, when watching Spongebob Squarepants there is an episode where
Absolute threshold is minimum stimulation to detect a particular stimulus fifty percent of the time. Difference threshold is the minimum difference between two stimuli that a person can detect fifty percent of the time. It has been proven that people can be affected by subliminal or unchanging stimuli. The priming effect revealed that we can process information from stimuli that is too weak to recognize. Most of the information that we process happens unconsciously. Many subliminal messages can be found in children cartoons. For example, when watching Spongebob Squarepants there is an episode where