When you are paid $1 instead of $2, it is a big deal. When you are paid $91 instead of $92, it feels less painful. This is similar to
A) absolute thresholds.
B) perceptual constancy.
C) Weber's law.
D) stimulus transduction.

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Weber's law states that the just noticeable difference between two stimuli is proportional to the magnitude of the stimuli. This means that the difference between $1 and $2 is more noticeable than the difference between $91 and $92, as the former is a larger percentage difference in magnitude. Therefore, the phenomenon described in the question is an example of Weber's law.

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