When You Go for a Hearing Test and the Audiologist

question 69

Multiple Choice

When you go for a hearing test and the audiologist asks you to raise your hand as soon as you hear a tone, she is assessing your ________ threshold.

• A)absolute
• B)Fechner's
• C)difference
• D)discrepancy

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Definitions:

Psychosocial Task

A challenge or duty that relates to an individual’s psychological development in, and interaction with, a social environment.

Identity

The qualities, beliefs, personality, appearance, and culture that make a person or group who they are.

Erikson

A psychologist known for his theory on the psychosocial development of human beings.

Puberty

The developmental stage in which a child's body begins to develop adult sexual characteristics and becomes capable of reproduction.