Sometimes when you are expecting a text message, you think that you feel the buzz of your phone but when you check it there is no message waiting. This is an example of a __________ according to signal detection theory.

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This is an example of a false positive in signal detection theory as there was a perception of a signal (the buzz of the phone) but no actual message was present.

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