Which Theory Compares Human Cognition to the Workings of a Computer

question 179

Multiple Choice

Which theory compares human cognition to the workings of a computer?

• A) behavioral theory
• B) information-processing theory
• C) adaptive theory
• D) Piaget's theory of cognitive development

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Bootstrap Confidence Interval

A method of estimating the confidence interval for a parameter by resampling with replacement from the original data and recalculating the statistic of interest multiple times.

Bias

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Trimmed Mean

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Resampling Method

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