Dr. Lau is doing an experiment in which he wishes to determine the lowest concentration of salt that customers will be able to taste in a new soup product. In this experiment, Dr. Lau is interested in measuring the customer’s ____
a. ?top-down perceptual processing
b. ?difference threshold
c. ?absolute threshold for taste
d. ?just noticeable difference for salt
ANSWER:
c
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A) intermediate B) implicit C) associative D) remote
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