Question

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
Ms. Sue
What did you learn about this from studying your text?


Meghan
I believe the answer is B.
val
Im not sure but i think that it depens on the distance of the stimulus
Ms. Sue
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.


val
so it depends on whether they choose to pay atention to it.
Ms. Sue
Yes. That's your best choice.

Ben
It also depends on the habituation of the stimulus. Rather than conditioned excitation, you would get conditioned inhibition here.
Kayte
B, text book talks about we can tell the difference from a train from 20 miles away vs 1 mile away
Kayte
Nevermind B was wrong on my test.