When Ann went to her doctor he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones. The tones started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's ________.
a) auditory convergence
b) absolute threshold
c) refractory threshold
d) difference threshold
ANS: B, An absolute threshold refers to the minimum intensity at which a stimulus must be presented to be detected by the average person 50% of the time.
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