You are studying in your dorm room, but your neighbor is blasting the television in the adjacent room.When you gently request that your neighbor turn the volume down until you cannot hear it, you are asking your neighbor to make the volume less than your
A)absolute threshold.
B)difference threshold.
C)minimum transduction level.
D)basilar level.

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The absolute threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation necessary for a person to detect a particular stimulus. In this situation, the request to lower the volume until it cannot be heard is asking the neighbor to lower the volume below the absolute threshold for the person studying in the adjacent room.

You Are Studying in Your Dorm Room, but Your Neighbor