Question

Robert asks thomas if he heard a knock at the door, and thomas says that he did not. robert, swearing he heard a knock, goes to the door and opens it, but there is no one there. signal detection theorists would label robert's perception that someone knocked at the door as a _______.

Answer 1

Signal detection theorists would label robert's perception that someone knocked at the door as a correct rejection.

What is correct detection?

Correct detection can be defined as the inability of a person to accurately  detect a signal  in a situation were the signal is in indeed absent or not present.

Based on the scenario  robert's perception that someone knocked at the door  is term  as correct rejection due to the absent of signal.

Therefore Signal detection theorists called this  correct rejection.

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