Karwan is a participant in a psychophysical experiment on visual detection. He is shown a mix of near-threshold stimuli with stimulus-absent catch trials. When Karwan indicates that he saw a light in a stimulus-absent catch trial, he is making a ______.

A. hit
B. correct rejection
C. miss
D. false alarm


Answer: D

Psychology

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