Which of the following laws best explains why a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is already in a noisy room?Multiple ChoiceFitt's lawWeber's lawBloch's lawHick's law
Question
Which of the following laws best explains why a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is already in a noisy room?Multiple ChoiceFitt's lawWeber's lawBloch's lawHick's law
Solution
The correct answer is Weber's law. This law states that the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus. In the context of the question, a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone because the change in stimulus (from quiet to loud) is much more noticeable than for a person who is already in a noisy room.
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