What Is Base-Rate Information

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is base-rate information?

• A) the rate at which data is accumulated
• B) the frequency with which an event occurs in a population
• C) information about the basis of rates in the population
• D) data about the percentage of cases in a population
• E) B and D

---

Definitions:

Gestalt Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.

Fritz Perls

A psychiatrist and psychotherapist known for developing Gestalt therapy, emphasizing mindfulness, responsibility, and living in the present moment.

Psychological Inhibitions

Mental or emotional blocks that prevent an individual from expressing their thoughts, feelings, or desires freely.

Psychoanalytic Therapy

A therapeutic approach developed by Freud that aims to explore the unconscious mind's role in shaping behavior, often through dream interpretation and free association.