Cyril was sitting in the hallway outside his chemistry class.Some students said they thought they could smell smoke, but Cyril didn't smell anything unusual.When they all checked the lab to see if there were any problems, everything was fine and nothing was burning.Based on signal detection theory, the fact that Cyril didn't smell any smoke would be considered:

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Cyril didn't detect a smell of smoke that wasn't actually there (false alarm), and there was also no actual smoke that he failed to detect (miss). Therefore, his lack of detection is considered a correct rejection in signal detection theory.

Cyril Was Sitting in the Hallway Outside His Chemistry Class