If an observer becomes distracted during a detection task and fails to notice a stimulus that appears, this is:
A) a correct rejection
B) a false alarm
C) a hit
D) a miss

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If an observer becomes distracted during a detection task and fails to notice a stimulus that appears, this is a "miss" because they failed to detect the target stimulus.

If an Observer Becomes Distracted During a Detection Task and Fails