Sensation: Vision, Hearing, and Other Senses

AP Psychology· difficulty 4/5

Signal detection theory holds that detection of a stimulus depends on

  • A

    Absolute threshold values alone, regardless of motivation or expectation states

  • B

    Both sensory factors AND decision criteria (motivation, expectations)

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  • C

    Sensory receptor sensitivity and stimulus intensity only, with no other factors

  • D

    Random chance and statistical noise in the perceptual decision-making process

Explanation

Different observers have different "criterion" levels — same signal, different responses.

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