When Is Clinical Significance Most Likely to Be Minimal While

question 100

Multiple Choice

When is clinical significance most likely to be minimal while statistical significance is quite large?

• A) when the sample size is very large
• B) when the sample size is very small
• C) when the base rate is very large
• D) when the base rate is very small

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Definitions:

Motor Tasks

Activities that require the brain to plan and execute movements, often involving coordination and strength.

Fear Conditioning

Conditioned emotional response between a neutral stimulus and an unpleasant event, such as a shock, that results in a learned association.

Amygdala

The part of the brain that participates in species-typical behaviors, emotion, and emotional memory. From the Greek word for almond, reflecting the general shape in the medial temporal lobe.

Pavlovian Conditioning

A form of learning in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits a response, until the neutral stimulus alone elicits the same response.