The Pearce-Hall Model

question 86

Multiple Choice

The Pearce-Hall model

• A) makes the same predictions as the Rescorla-Wagner model, except where latent inhibition is concerned.
• B) emphasizes that attention is less likely to occur as the US becomes more surprising.
• C) emphasizes that attention is less likely to occur as the CS predictiveness increases.
• D) emphasizes that CS and US effectiveness are equally important in determining whether conditioning will occur.

Recognize the coefficient of variation as a vital measure of variability, especially in comparing data sets with vastly different means.

Understand the concept of standard deviation and its significance as a measure of dispersion that takes into account all data points.

Know that the standard deviation shares the same units as the original data set, reinforcing its direct relevance and applicability.

Comprehend the Empirical Rule and its implications for data within one, two, and three standard deviations from the mean in a normal distribution.

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