The initial approach to measuring individual differences in sensation was the use of absolute thresholds. Today, we use a more sophisticated approach that takes the "noise" in the observer's environment into account. What is this approach called?

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Caroline Watson

21 October, 19:56

The initial approach to measuring individual differences in sensation was the use of absolute thresholds. Today, we use a more sophisticated approach that takes the "noise" in the observer's environment into account. What is this approach called?

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Corinne Obrien · Answer 1

This is called Signal Detection Theory.

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Signal detection theory (SDT) is a framework for interpreting data from experiments in which accuracy is measured.