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madam-professor · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

As you and your friend walk across the street toward the cafeteria, she says, Oh, I can smell the lobster from here. You, however, can't smell it yet. Which explanation is most plausible?

a. Your friend has a lower absolute threshold than you.
b. Sensory adaptation has decreased your response.
c. You have a higher just-noticeable difference than she.
d. Your friend She has a greater sense of subliminal perception than you.

Question 2

______ is a mathematical model of what determines a persons report of a near-threshold stimulus.

a. Signal detection theory
b. Response bias theory
c. Webers law
d. Fechner's threshold