A Decline in Sensory Responsiveness That Occurs When a Stimulus

question 111

Multiple Choice

A decline in sensory responsiveness that occurs when a stimulus is unchanging or repetitive is called _______________.

• A) the difference threshold
• B) psychophysics
• C) sensory adjustment
• D) sensory adaptation

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

T-table

A table used in statistics to determine critical values for the t-distribution, useful for hypothesis testing or setting confidence intervals.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or a system without violating any constraint.

F Table

A chart used in statistics that provides critical values for the F-distribution, helpful in analyzing variances by comparing the ratio of two sets of data.