Dr Lazarte Is Testing an Elderly Patient's Hearing by Presenting

Multiple Choice

Dr. Lazarte is testing an elderly patient's hearing by presenting a set of tones at different intensities. Each tone is presented multiple times, interleaved with the other tones in a random order. After each presentation, the patient indicates whether she heard the tone. The psychophysical technique being used in this scenario is the:

A) method of adjustment.
B) staircase method.
C) method of constant stimuli.
D) method of random stimuli.