An Observer Is Asked to Adjust the Level of Pressure

question 57

Multiple Choice

An observer is asked to adjust the level of pressure on the skin until the person can just barely feel the lightest pressure on his or her skin.Then the observer starts again from a different starting level of pressure.Which technique does this best represent?

• A)magnitude estimation
• B)response compression
• C)signal-inverse method
• D)method of adjustment

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