Myers Suggests That Clinicians May Continue to Have Confidence in Uninformative

question 6

Multiple Choice

Myers suggests that clinicians may continue to have confidence in uninformative or ambiguous tests because of human susceptibility to

• A)the inoculation effect.
• B)learned helplessness.
• C)the representativeness heuristic.
• D)illusory correlations.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of behaviour by making the avoidance of an undesirable consequence contingent on its occurrence.

Operant Conditioning

The control of behaviour by manipulating its consequences.

Unpleasant Consequence

An adverse or negative outcome that follows an undesired behavior, serving as a deterrent.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.