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Joan was sitting talking with some friends when she suddenly left the room to check on her baby. She was sure she heard little Emily cry out, but when she checked, Emily was sleeping peacefully. Based on signal detection theory, the fact that Joan thought she detected a baby's cry (when no cry was present) would be considered as______

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Either as a false alarm or, a signal detection theory

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