According to the Weber-Fechner law, the perceived change in any stimulus:

A. is larger when the change is large in proportion to the original stimulus.
B. is larger when the change is small in proportion to the original stimulus.
C. does not depend on the size of the change in proportion to the original stimulus.
D. is zero regardless of the size of the original stimulus.


Answer: A

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