The idea that the threshold for sensing a stimulus depends not only on the properties of the stimulus itself but on the level of background stimulation, as well as characteristics of the perceiver, is explained by
a. Weber's Law.
b. the volley principle.
c. opponent-process theory. d. signal-detection theory.
e. sensory adaptation.
d
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