Susan is participating in an absolute threshold study on hearing.Susan just said that she was able to hear a sound and in fact,a sound actually was presented to her.Susan's response would be an example of a:

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A hit is when the participant correctly detects the presence of a stimulus, which is what Susan did in this scenario. A correct rejection would be if Susan did not hear a sound and correctly reported that there was no sound. A miss would be if Susan did not hear a sound but reported that she did, and a stimuli threshold would be the minimum intensity of a stimulus needed for a participant to detect it.

Susan Is Participating in an Absolute Threshold Study on Hearing