Which of the Following Statements Regarding Calibration Is FALSE

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding calibration is FALSE?

• A)A calibrated person is one who,when asked a large number of questions,will get about as many correct as he or she expected.
• B)An uncalibrated person who is systematically overconfident may be 90% confident of his or her correctness over a large number of questions,where in the end that person will only get 60% or 70% of them correct.
• C)Calibration is achieved through the use of heuristics,which improves the quality of experts' estimates.
• D)If the environment is predictable and an expert has learned through calibration training to identify the situations where intuition misleads him or her,then the feedback will have corrected the expert's intuitions.

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Definitions:

Properties of Sound

Characteristics of sound waves, including frequency, amplitude, and timbre, that determine the pitch, loudness, and quality of sounds.

Brightness

The perception of how luminous an object appears; the intensity of light emitting from or reflecting off its surface.

Perceptual Expectancy

The predisposition to perceive things in a certain way due to previous experiences or assumptions.

Previous Experiences

All the events, knowledge, learning, and personal developments that an individual has encountered prior to the current moment.