Why did Gustav Fechner's definition of absolute threshold need to be modified?
A. Alertness and the testing situation can influence an individual's thresholds.
B. We now know that absolute threshold is influenced by the JND.
C. Because the concept of absolute threshold was found to be invalid.
D. Because his definition of the absolute threshold did not differ significantly from the difference threshold.
Answer: A
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