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Your roommate asks you to turn down the TV. You lower it from a volume of 20 to

ID: 3453104 • Letter: Y

Question

Your roommate asks you to turn down the TV. You lower it from a volume of 20 to 19. She says "turn it down!" again, even after you just lowered the volume. This is because when you first lowered the volume:

the change wasn't enough to cross her difference threshold

the change wasn't enough to cross her absolute threshold

both of the above

none of the above

1.

the change wasn't enough to cross her difference threshold

2.

the change wasn't enough to cross her absolute threshold

3.

both of the above

4.

none of the above

Explanation / Answer

Both of the above because the sound was not able to make a difference from the previous with the new and it also had not crossed the lowest limit of the stimulus. So it was making disturbance to her.