The Point at Which a Person Can Detect a Stimulus

question 137

Multiple Choice

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the

• A) absolute threshold.
• B) range threshold.
• C) difference threshold.
• D) noticeable threshold.
• E) signal-to-noise threshold.

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Definitions:

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