The Notion That It Is Better to Be Oversensitive and Produce

question 169

Multiple Choice

The notion that it is better to be oversensitive and produce many "false alarms" than be undersensitive and allow even one catastrophe to take place is called the _____, and is a factor that fosters prejudice.

• A) smoke detector principle
• B) scapegoat hypothesis
• C) fundamental attribution error
• D) just-world hypothesis

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Definitions:

Interval Data

A type of numerical data that has meaningful intervals between measurements but no true zero point, allowing for comparison and subtraction.

Nominal Data

Data categorized into discrete groups or categories that cannot be ordered or ranked.

Interval Variable

A type of quantitative variable that exhibits ordered relationships with meaningful, equal distances between measurements but no true zero point.

Nominal Variable

A nominal variable is a type of categorical variable for which there is no natural ordering among the categories.