Suppose you are using a signal detection theory approach. On each trial, observers respond by saying "yes" if they think the signal was present and "no" if they think it was not present. If a stimulus is not presented,
but the observer believes it was presented, it is called a
a. hit.
b. miss.
c. false alarm.
d. correct rejection.
Answer: c. false alarm.
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