According to Monahan, the Most Significant Form of Predictive Error

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to Monahan, the most significant form of predictive error made when conducting violence risk assessments is:

• A) over-estimating the confidence interval.
• B) violating the assumptions of statistical tests.
• C) setting significance levels too low.
• D) ignoring or overlooking base rates.

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Definitions:

Implicit Association Tests (IAT)

Psychological assessments that measure the strength of associations between concepts in one's memory, revealing unconscious biases.

Reaction Time

The amount of time taken to respond to a stimulus, often used as a measure of sensory and mental processing speed.

Subtle Prejudices

Implicit biases or forms of discrimination that are not overt or openly expressed.

Internal Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some internal characteristic, rather than to outside forces.