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Title: A researcher is testing a young man for his visual absolute threshold. She presents a dim light and
Post by: redcandle on Oct 21, 2015
A researcher is testing a young man for his visual absolute threshold. She presents a dim light and asks him whether he detected it. The young man wants to please the researcher, so he says "yes" every time she presents a stimulus. A friend suggests she should use some "catch trials." In other words, she should
A) not record his responses on trials where a very dim light is presented.
B) present a very bright stimulus on some trials.
C) present no stimulus at all on some trials.
D) have someone else present the stimuli in an attempt to catch the subject cheating.


Title: Re: A researcher is testing a young man for his visual absolute threshold. She presents a dim light
Post by: iwasten on Nov 1, 2015
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Title: Re: A researcher is testing a young man for his visual absolute threshold. She presents a dim light and
Post by: redcandle on Nov 3, 2015
Cuts right to the chase lol Thanks for answering.