As Part of a Psychology Experiment,Linda Sits in a Small,completely

question 187

Multiple Choice

As part of a psychology experiment,Linda sits in a small,completely darkened room and looks through an apparatus.At the sound of a tone,she is exposed to a brief flash of light.These lights vary in intensity.After each tone,she reports whether she saw the flash.The intensity of light that Linda perceives 50 percent of the time is her:

• A) just noticeable difference
• B) Weber's constant
• C) absolute threshold
• D) subliminal limit

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