A mother scolds her teenage son to turn down his music. The son tells his mom that he will do so and turns the volume down slightly. A minute later, the mother cannot tell that her son complied with her request, so she yells at him. Apparently, the decrease in volume did not meet the mother's:
A) absolute threshold.
B) correct rejection criteria.
C) difference threshold.
D) sensory adaptation.
C) difference threshold.
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