Giulio holds a bag of 70 marbles in his hands. Jim blindfolds Giulio and keeps adding marbles to Giulio's bag, one at a time. However, Giulio notices the difference in the weight only after Jim has added 5 marbles. They now repeat the same experiment with a bag of 140 marbles. This time, Giulio notices the difference in the weight only after Jim has added 10 marbles. This scenario BEST
illustrates:
A) signal detection theory.
B) Weber's law.
C) accommodation.
D) Ricco's law.
B) Weber's law.
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