How Would You Best Explain the Y-Intercept in This Situation

question 148

Multiple Choice

How would you best explain the y-intercept in this situation?

• A)For each additional 1-year increase in the age of the driver,we would expect damage to increase by $10,726.
• B)For each additional 1-year increase in the age of the driver,we would expect damage to increase by $70.
• C)It makes no sense to explain the intercept in this situation,since we cannot have a driver with an age of zero.
• D)The average amount of damage was $10,726.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychology

A theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies.

Cognitive Psychology

A branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn.

Functionalism

A paradigm in psychology that focuses on how mental and behavioral processes enable an individual to adapt, survive, and flourish.

Wilhelm Wundt

Often recognized as the father of experimental psychology, he founded the first formal psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.