Your Psychology Instructor Asked You to Taste a Number of Solutions.In

question 183

Multiple Choice

Your psychology instructor asked you to taste a number of solutions.In the experiment,you were able to detect a sixteenth of a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 8 ounces of water 50% of the time (as compared to plain water) .You have just determined your ____________ for the taste of sweet.

• A) difference threshold
• B) absolute threshold
• C) adaptive threshold
• D) adaptation rate

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