Charlie is participating in a psychology experiment where the researcher asks him to listen to noises on a set of headphones.He is administered many test trials,and after each one he is required to respond as to whether he heard a sound or not.Based on signal detection theory,if a sound was presented on the headphones but Charlie responded that there was no sound,this is an example of a
A)true negative.
B)false negative.
C)true positive.
D)false positive.

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This is an example of a false negative, as Charlie failed to detect the presence of a sound even though it was present.

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