AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The fastest possible conscious human reactions are around 0.15 s, but most are around 0.2 s.

Detailed explanation-2: -The quickest reaction time of the three usually being tactile. A tactile stimulus this is the fastest is because we have many sensors on our body which enable us to react faster when we receive a stimulus compared to auditory and visual which both require more processing done by the brain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Research done by Pain & Hibbs, reference [1], shows that simple auditory reaction time has the fastest reaction time for any given stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reflexes are involuntary, used to protect the body, and are faster than a reaction.