By Studying Absolute Thresholds, Psychologists Have Found That Our Senses

question 375

Multiple Choice

By studying absolute thresholds, psychologists have found that our senses are very sharp. If you have normal sensory abilities, you will be able to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) see a candle flame on a clear, dark night from 30 kilometres away.
• B) hear a ticking watch in a perfectly quiet room from 7 metres away.
• C) feel the wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a height of 1 centimetre.
• D) smell a drop of perfume diffused through a three-room apartment.

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