Gerard is making some chicken soup.His roommate tastes it and tells Gerard it is perfect, but Gerard thinks it needs more salt.He adds just a little salt and thinks that now it tastes fine.However, his roommate tastes it again and tells Gerard that now it is ruined because it has too much salt.Based on research conducted by psychophysicists you should conclude that compared to his roommate, Gerard has:

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The scenario described in the question is an example of difference threshold, which is the smallest amount of change in a stimulus that can be detected. Gerard added a little bit of salt which was enough to make a difference for him, but too much for his roommate. This means that Gerard has a higher difference threshold for the taste of salt than his roommate.

Gerard Is Making Some Chicken Soup