A participant in a signal detection study has the tendency to be bolder in her decisions regarding the presence of a target stimulus. As a result, she has more hits, but also has more false alarms. This example demonstrates how ____________ can affect ___________.
A)situational characteristics; participant characteristics
B)situational characteristics; decision criterion
C)participant characteristics; situational characteristics
D)participant characteristics; decision criterion

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The participant's tendency to be bolder in decisions reflects her personal characteristics, which in turn affect her decision criterion (the threshold for deciding whether a stimulus is present). This demonstrates how individual differences in participants can influence their decision-making processes in signal detection tasks.

A Participant in a Signal Detection Study Has the Tendency