What Is a Base Rate

question 95

Multiple Choice

What is a base rate?

• A) how frequently an event occurs in a population
• B) the number of guesses made about the event
• C) the accuracy of predictions about the event in the past
• D) the amount of information available to make a prediction

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Definitions:

Unconscious Level

A part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Ingroup

A social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member, often contrasting with an "outgroup" which the person does not identify with.

Outgroup

An outgroup is a social group to which an individual does not identify, often viewed with less favor than the in-group or the group to which the individual belongs.

Ingroup

A group to which an individual belongs, feels a sense of identity, and derives a positive self-esteem from membership.