Which Theory Would Suggest That Watching a Horror Movie Late

question 137

Multiple Choice

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tried to fall asleep?

• A) subliminal persuasion theory
• B) Weber's law
• C) sensory perception theory
• D) signal detection theory

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