Jennifer plays her music very loud while she studies. Upset by how loud the music is, her mother insists Jennifer turn the music down. After 10 minutes, Jennifer's mom asks her daughter once again to please turn down the volume of the music. Jennifer insists she already turned it down although her mother swears it is as loud as it always was. The fact that Jennifer hears the music as softer and her mother experiences the volume as unchanged indicates that, clearly, Jennifer and her mother have different ______.

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This scenario illustrates the concept of difference thresholds, which refers to the minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50% of the time. Jennifer and her mother have different perceptions of the change in volume, indicating they have different sensitivity to the difference in volume levels.

Jennifer Plays Her Music Very Loud While She Studies