Question

A man has trouble hearing and is being tested for a hearing aid. He is presented with tones of various intensities and is asked to indicate whenever he detects a sound. The procedure is most similar to that used by researchers who are studying?

a. difference thresholds.
b. absolute thresholds.
c. the just noticeable difference.
d. response biases.

Answer 1

Answer is B. absolute threshold.

Step-by-step explanation:

The minimum or smallest amount of energy , which is being required or needed by the human senses to detect stimulus [external] is known to be absolute threshold.

Note that, this external stimulus could be taste, smell, touch e.t.c. That is, the stimuli received by the sense organs.