Homework Help Forum: psychology

Posted by val on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:32pm.

Whether you hear the dripping of sink faucets as the figure or the ground depends on: A) Its similarity to other noises B) your distance from the stimulus C) whether you choose to pay attention to it. D) the other tyoes of sounds you hear in the environment

• psychology - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:38pm

  What did you learn about this from studying your text?

  
  

• psychology - Meghan, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:39pm

  I believe the answer is B.

  
  

• psychology - val, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:44pm

  Im not sure but i think that it depens on the distance of the stimulus

  
  

• psychology - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:48pm

  I disagree with your answer. It doesn't explain why a dripping faucet bothers you some times and not others, even when you're the same distance from the sound.

  
  

• psychology - val, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:50pm

  so it depends on whether they choose to pay atention to it.

  
  

• psychology - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:54pm

  Yes. That's your best choice.

  
  

• psychology - Ben, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 9:35pm

  It also depends on the habituation of the stimulus. Rather than conditioned excitation, you would get conditioned inhibition here.

  
  

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