Your Friend Has Enrolled in a Course in Music Training

question 74

Multiple Choice

Your friend has enrolled in a course in music training.The first part of the course involves learning to recognize different tones.Every time the students hear a middle C, they are to raise their right hands.Early in training you expect the stimulus generalization gradient to

• A)be flat.
• B)rise steeply just before the middle C mark, then drop immediately after.
• C)rise to a high at middle C and remain there.
• D)gradually rise and fall, with a peak at middle C.

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Definitions:

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect 50% of the time, marking the boundary between perceivable and imperceptible stimulus intensity.

Difference Threshold

The minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50% of the time; also known as the just noticeable difference (JND).

Relative Magnitude

The perceived size or importance of one quantity in comparison to another.

Colored Part

This term is vague but could be referring to the iris, which is the colored part of the eye responsible for controlling the size of the pupil.