People Sometimes Feel Uncertain in New Situations When They Do

question 4

Multiple Choice

People sometimes feel uncertain in new situations when they do not know what to expect. This uncertainty develops when people do not have a(n) _____ to guide their perception of the new event.

• A) stereotype
• B) schema
• C) attribution
• D) context

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A criteria used to determine the amount of spread or variation among a group of data values.

Negative Value

A number that is less than zero.

Standard Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean, typically represented with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

Probability Density Function

A mathematical expression that represents how likely it is for a random variable to assume a specific value.