The Office of Student Services at a Large Western State

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Office of Student Services at a large western state university maintains information on the study habits of its full-time students. Their studies indicate that the mean amount of time undergraduate students study per week is 20 hours. The hours studied follows the normal distribution with a standard deviation of six hours. Suppose we select a random sample of 144 current students. What is the standard error of the mean?

• A) 0.50
• B) 6.00
• C) 0.25
• D) 2.00

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

The process by which something is learned but not immediately manifested in an observable change in behavior.

Observational Learning

The process of learning behaviors by watching and imitating others, as proposed by Bandura's social learning theory.

Learned Helplessness

A situation where someone feels unable to control their life, due to a traumatic incident or repeated failures.

Contingency Blocking

A phenomenon in classical conditioning where a previously learned association prevents the acquisition of a new association because the first stimulus is a better predictor of the outcome.