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dmcintosh

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The smallest amount of stimulus that can be detected at least 50 of the time is known as the ________ threshold.
 
  a. difference
  b. fixed
  c. absolute
  d. distinct

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In the most general terms, the study of sensation and perception is called psychophysics, a term that was first coined by ________.
 
  a. Hermann von Helmholtz
  b. Gustav Fechner
  c. Ernst Weber
  d. Thomas Young


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b


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Reply #2 on: Jun 19, 2018
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