Signal Detection Theory (ch 2)

Question 1

Response criterion

Answer 1

how relaxed or conservative we set our senses to respond to

Question 2

Lax criterion

Answer 2

laid back, taking in everything, if you think you hear phone ringing you will check every time. far left.

Question 3

conservative criterion

Answer 3

far right. wait until you are certain you hear the stimulus to respond to it

Question 4

hit

Answer 4

stimulus present/stimulus detected

Question 5

miss

Answer 5

stimulus present/stimulus undetected

Question 6

false alarm

Answer 6

stimulus absent/stimulus detected

Question 7

correct rejection

Answer 7

stimulus absent/stimulus undetected

Question 8

sensitivity

Answer 8

changes with the circumstances

Question 9

roc curve

Answer 9

hits=y axis
false alarms = x axis
lax criterion=high hit & false alarms
conservative= high hit & low false alarm