Jenny and John Are Siblings

Multiple Choice

Jenny and John are siblings. Jenny asks John if he heard her cell phone ring, but John states that he did not hear it. Jenny, convinced that she heard her cell phone ring, rushes to her room to check, but she finds that the phone actually did not ring. Signal detection theorists would label John's report that Jenny's cell phone did not ring as a ________.

A) miss
B) false alarm
C) correct rejection
D) hit