Sensation: Vision, Hearing, and Other Senses

AP Psychology· difficulty 3/5

Weber's law states that the JND is

  • A

    Random and unpredictable from trial to trial

  • B

    A constant fixed amount across all stimuli

  • C

    A constant proportion of the original stimulus

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  • D

    Always exactly one perceptual unit difference

Explanation

To detect a difference, the change must be a fixed percentage of the original (e.g., 2% for weight).

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