When a Researcher Says That Her Experiment Suffers from Experimental

question 56

True/False

When a researcher says that her experiment suffers from experimental mortality,it means that at least one of the participants died while participating in the experiment.

---

Definitions:

False Alarm

An error in which a warning or alert is given, but no actual threat or danger exists.

Noise Hit

In signal detection theory, an instance where a non-target stimulus is incorrectly detected as a target signal.

Sensory Adaptation

The means by which receptors of sensation diminish in sensitivity when exposed to steady stimuli over a period.

Perceptual Invariance

The ability of the perceptual system to recognize the same object from varying viewpoints, distances, or lighting conditions despite the changes in the sensory input.