Prashanth Is Participating in a Psychology Experiment in Which He

question 38

Multiple Choice

Prashanth is participating in a psychology experiment in which he is asked to gradually shrink the image of a square on his computer screen until he can see that it is smaller than a second square on the screen.Prashanth is trying to create a _____ in order to allow measurement of a _____.

• A) just noticeable difference; absolute threshold
• B) psychophysical difference; absolute threshold
• C) just noticeable difference; difference threshold
• D) psychophysical difference; difference threshold

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