The Idea That the Threshold for Sensing a Stimulus Depends

question 141

Multiple Choice

The idea that the threshold for sensing a stimulus depends not only on the properties of the stimulus itself but on the level of background stimulation, as well as characteristics of the perceiver, is explained by

• A)Weber's Law.
• B)the volley principle.
• C)opponent-process theory.
• D)signal-detection theory.
• E)sensory adaptation.

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