Casey Is Participating in a Psychology Experiment Where He Is

question 125

Multiple Choice

Casey is participating in a psychology experiment where he is asked to indicate whether he heard a sound or did not hear a sound on successive testing trials.If Casey says he did not hear a sound,and a sound was presented,his response would be considered a __________ according to signal detection theory.

• A)true positive
• B)false positive
• C)false negative
• D)true negative

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