Less Risky Investments Have Lower Standard Deviations Than Do More

question 14

True/False

Less risky investments have lower standard deviations than do more risky investments.

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Definitions:

Likelihood

The probability or chance of an event occurring.

Punishment

A consequence that decreases the likelihood that a behavior will occur.

Extinction

The diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement or pairing of stimuli is removed.

Generalization

The process by which a response is given in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the stimulus that originally elicited the response.