Dr Chu Believes That His Patient, Samuel, Has Learned His

question 80

Multiple Choice

Dr. Chu believes that his patient, Samuel, has learned his fear of snakes from watching his mother's negative reactions to snakes. Dr. Chu believes in a(n) _____ explanation of stress-related behaviour.

• A) behavioural control
• B) biofeedback
• C) observational learning
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator whose expected value equals the true value of the parameter it estimates.

Sample Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of sample values, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Mean

The average value of a characteristic in the entire population of interest.

Unbiased Estimator

A statistic used to estimate a population parameter that is expected to be equal to the true parameter value on average.