Monotonicity, convexity, and other qualitative psychophysical laws

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(87)90011-3MaRDI QIDQ1821059zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ernest W. Adams, Robert F. Fagot

Publication date 1987

Published in Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(87)90011-3

zbMATH Keywords

bisection brightness dataconvexityestimating lower and higher orders of derivativesgoodness of fitLuce's invariance-theoretic principles of theory constructionmonotonicitypsychophysical invariantsqualitative hypothesisquantitative power law hypothesistesting qualitative psychophysical laws

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15) Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30)

Review text

General methods are described for directly testing qualitative psychophysical laws, such as monotonicity and convexity. These methods consist of estimating lower and higher orders of derivatives and procedures for verifying qualitative laws involving these derivatives. The quantitative power law hypothesis is compared for goodness of fit with the qualitative hypothesis that the psychophysical function is monotone and convex, in application to bisection brightness data. Other topics include discussion of a possible topological formulation of the distinction between qualitative and quantitative laws; the search for psychophysical invariants; and the failure of qualitative laws such as convexity to conform to Luce's invariance-theoretic principles of theory construction.

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