Dr.Haller is conducting an experiment related to vision.He places his subjects in a dark room and after they have acclimated,he presents them with visual stimuli of varying strengths and attempts to determine the minimal amount of light that people can detect.Dr.Haller is specifically try to determine a(n):

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Dr. Haller is trying to determine the minimal amount of light that can be detected, which is the definition of the absolute threshold. The other choices are not appropriate for this scenario - difference threshold refers to the smallest detectable difference between two stimuli, minimum threshold is not a term commonly used in psychology, and maximum threshold is not a concept relating to perception.

DrHaller Is Conducting an Experiment Related to Vision