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Camille Is Furious with Her History Professor

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Camille is furious with her history professor. "I read the chapter three times, but I still failed the exam," she fumes. "The test must have been unfair." What's wrong with Camille's reasoning, and what are some other possible explanations for her poor performance, based on principles of critical thinking and what you have learned so far about memory?


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Absolute Thresholds

The minimum level of stimulus intensity needed for a stimulus to be perceived.

Visual Images

Mental representations of objects, scenes, or events that are not currently being viewed but recalled or imagined.

Absolute Thresholds

The minimum intensity of stimulus that can be detected by the sensory systems at least 50% of the time.

Signal Detection Theory

Signal Detection Theory is a means to quantify the ability to discern between information-bearing patterns and random patterns that distract from the information.

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