To Determine Both the Absolute Threshold and the Difference Threshold,psychologists

question 55

Multiple Choice

To determine both the absolute threshold and the difference threshold,psychologists put a 50% limit on stimulus detection because:

• A) people differ in their sensitivity to weak stimuli over time.
• B) sometimes our senses just don't work.
• C) we must give a stimulus our complete attention in order to detect it.
• D) stimuli vary so much that our senses must learn how to detect them.

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