Training in Statistics

question 30

Multiple Choice

Training in statistics

• A) can help us make use of quick, efficient heuristics rather than slower, more effortful thinking.
• B) improves participants' abilities to make judgments so that judgment errors will be less likely.
• C) improves participants' abilities to make judgments but only when they are trained in an abstract way.
• D) provides many benefits but seems not to teach students how to make more accurate judgments.

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Definitions:

Normal Behavior

Refers to actions or reactions that are typical or expected within a specific society or culture.

Abnormal Behavior

Actions, thoughts, or feelings that are typically considered to deviate significantly from norms or expectations of society.

Criteria

Standards, rules, or tests by which people or things are judged or evaluated.

Major Depressive Disorder

A more severe form of depression marked by profound sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest or pleasure in most activities.