The Discrimination of a Stimulus from Background Noise and the Decision

question 177

Multiple Choice

The discrimination of a stimulus from background noise and the decision that the stimulus is present combine in the view known as

• A) top-down processing.
• B) just noticeable difference.
• C) Weber's Law.
• D) signal detection theory.

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