What Is the Measure That Indicates How Precise a Prediction

question 54

Multiple Choice

What is the measure that indicates how precise a prediction of Y is based on X or, conversely, how inaccurate the prediction might be?

• A) Regression equation
• B) Slope of the line
• C) Standard error of estimate

Identify the characteristics of adult cognition.

Recognize the societal trend of delaying major commitments in emerging adulthood.

Understand the concept of stereotype threat and its implications.

Define and identify examples of extreme sports.

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Definitions:

Generalization Gradient

A concept in psychology and behavioral science describing the decrease in response strength with increasing difference from the original conditioned stimulus.

Discrimination Learning

The process of learning to respond differently to various stimuli, distinguishing between those that are rewarded and those that are not.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was originally conditioned.

Second-order Conditioning

A form of learning where a stimulus that initially had no significance becomes conditioned as a result of being paired with another stimulus that already induces a conditioned response.