If we double the amount of capsaicin in our hot sauce, according to response expansion, we can expect ______.
A)less than double the amount of perceived piquancy
B)more than double the amount of perceived piquancy
C)no increase in the amount of perceived piquancy
D)a proportional decrease in perceived piquancy

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Response expansion refers to the concept that increasing the intensity of a stimulus produces a nonlinear increase in the perceived intensity of the response. In other words, doubling the amount of capsaicin in hot sauce would likely result in more than double the perceived piquancy, as the response would expand beyond a simple linear relationship.

If We Double the Amount of Capsaicin in Our Hot