Sensory stimulation that is below a person's absolute threshold for conscious perception is termed
a. absolute threshold c. subliminal stimulation
b. difference threshold d. just noticeable stimulation
C
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a. the estimated population standard deviation, because she wants to make inferences about the population based on her sample. b. the sample standard deviation, because she has measured a sample, not the entire population. c. the population standard deviation, because the sample she selected is representative of the population. d. the range, because the dependent variable is an ordinal measurement scale.
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a) pitch b) amplitude c) purity d) timbre
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a. I b. You c. personal d. situational
Thorndike's cats learned to solve the puzzle box problem ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).