When People Try to Judge Whether a Stimulus Is Present

question 92

Multiple Choice

When people try to judge whether a stimulus is present or absent, they make correct judgments, misses, and false alarms. The study of their answers is known as

• A) signal-detection theory.
• B) Gestalt psychology.
• C) opponent-process theory.
• D) the psychophysical function.

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