Susan Is Participating in a Signal Detection Study on Hearing

question 14

Multiple Choice

Susan is participating in a signal detection study on hearing. Susan just said that she was able to hear a sound and in fact, a sound actually was presented to her. Susan's response would be an example of a:

• A) correct rejection.
• B) miss.
• C) hit.
• D) stimuli threshold.

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