External Influences Such as Disruptions During Testing That May Lower

question 17

Multiple Choice

External influences such as disruptions during testing that may lower the scores of the students are referred to as

• A) systematic errors
• B) standard errors
• C) random errors
• D) reliability errors

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.