The Smallest Intensity of a Stimulus That Can Be Reliably

question 78

Multiple Choice

The smallest intensity of a stimulus that can be reliably detected,used by Fechner as the "zero point" in his scale of subjective intensities,is called the

• A) logarithm.
• B) absolute threshold.
• C) phi phenomenon.
• D) constant k.

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Definitions:

\(n !\)

Denotes the factorial of n, which is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n.

\(- 5^n\)

Represents an exponential expression where \(-5\) is the base and \(n\) is the exponent, indicating \(-5\) raised to the power of \(n\).

\(n ^ { 2 }\)

A notation denoting a number "n" raised to the power of 2, representing the square of n.

\(n ^ { 3 }\)

Refers to cubing a number, which is raising a number to the power of three or multiplying the number by itself twice.