A Type I Error Occurs When We ________

question 80

Multiple Choice

A Type I error occurs when we ________.

• A) reject the null hypothesis when it is actually true
• B) reject the null hypothesis when it is actually false
• C) do not reject the null hypothesis when it is actually true
• D) do not reject the null hypothesis when it is actually false

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Definitions:

Centration

A term from developmental psychology, describing the tendency of children in the preoperational stage to focus on one aspect of a situation and ignore others.

Irreversibility

A cognitive limitation in young children's thinking, where they are unable to understand that an action can be done and undone.

Internalized Sets

Concepts, beliefs, or ways of thinking that have been fully absorbed into one's mindset and influence behavior and decision-making.

Operations

Mental actions that are reversible and allow children to do mentally what they previously did physically, a key concept in cognitive development theory.