Suppose you are using a signal detection theory approach. On each trial, observers respond by saying "yes" if they think the signal was present and "no" if they think it was not present. If a stimulus is not presented, but the observer believes it was presented, it is called a

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A false alarm in signal detection theory occurs when the observer responds that a signal was present when it actually was not.

Suppose You Are Using a Signal Detection Theory Approach