Janice and Brandon are siblings. Janice asks Brandon if he heard her cell phone ring. Brandon tells her that it did not ring. Janice, convinced that she heard her cell phone ring, rushes to her room to check, but she finds that the phone actually did not ring. Signal detection theorists would label Janice's perception of the cell phone ringing as a ________.
A. false alarm
B. hit
C. correct rejection
D. miss
Answer: A
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