Greg is a diagnostic cytologist (reviews cell samples from patients to detect cancer).Sometimes Greg makes a mistake and identifies a perfectly healthy sample as having signs of cancer.In signal detection theory,this type of mistake would be known as a
A)hit.
B)false alarm.
C)miss.
D)correct rejection.

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A false alarm occurs when a signal is perceived to be present when it is not actually present. In this case, Greg is perceiving signs of cancer in a healthy sample, which is a false alarm.

Greg Is a Diagnostic Cytologist (Reviews Cell Samples from Patients