According to Signal Detection Theory, What Would Happen to a Person's

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Multiple Choice

According to signal detection theory, what would happen to a person's false alarm and miss rates if this person switched from a very lax to a very strict decision criterion?

• A) False alarms and misses would both decrease.
• B) False alarms would decrease but misses would increase.
• C) False alarms would increase but misses would decrease.
• D) False alarms and misses would both increase.

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