Which Theory Assumes That Top-Down Processing Can Influence a Person's

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which theory assumes that top-down processing can influence a person's absolute threshold for a particular stimulus?

• A) transduction theory
• B) priming theory
• C) signal detection theory
• D) Weber's law

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