Quiz a lot 2. Psychology - Psychological Assessment

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A researcher who uses knowledge of a person's intelligence to predict an ability to do well as a lawyer is using which type of research design?

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Means that are not being compared in a contrast analysis are given the contrast weight of

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Which of the following is true concerning the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design? a. Comparisons can be made between groups on the pretest and the posttest. b. Comparisons can be made within groups from the pretest to the posttest. c. Because subjects are not randomly assigned to groups, we cannot say that they are equivalent

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The nonparametric equivalent to the one-way repeated measures ANOVA is the _____ test

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The original Wechsler scale was the first one that

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When listening to music, which method will help ensure you hear all of the frequencies represented in the piece?

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The hereditary basis of intelligence was investigated initially by

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__________ means that the elements that correspond in two problems are related to each other in a way that is not inconsistent with other mappings

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Abdel works for a company that designs adapted products to help people who have trouble grasping items. Today he is meeting with children who have difficulty grasping as a result of traumatic brain injury and has provided them with a supply of crayons that have been adapted in various ways. Abdel watches as the children color with the crayons. Which question is he most likely asking?

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A test is more precise if the difficulty level of the test corresponds with each

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Hypothetically, 9% of the variation of skill among dentists is accounted for by the test that they took in order to pass the dental board examination. What is the validity coefficient of the test?

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Dummy variables act like _______________

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Test-retest, parallel forms, and internal consistency reliability formulas are appropriate for both

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The influence of an independent variable may not be accurately reflected in a dependent variable if distorted by

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The tendency for extremely high scores on one measurement to be followed by lower scores on a second measurement is called statistical regression

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What is the appropriate statistical analysis for evaluating the after treatment mean difference for a posttest only nonequivalent control group design?

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I am interested in whether students are more attentive in early morning classes or late morning classes. I use two classes with identical subject matter and the same instructor but one is taught at 8:05 AM and the other is taught at 11:20 AM. I videotape the class and have three judges rate the attentiveness of the students. In this experiment the independent variable is

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For a given value of alpha, the critical value of t is _______ than the critical value of z

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A survey is a systematic way of asking people to volunteer information regarding their opinions and behaviors

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Which of the following is true of the Chitling test?

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A means comparison in which any one condition mean is compared with any other condition mean is known as which of the following?

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A researcher using the approach of ____ wants to understand how the world is experienced by others from their perspective

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When expert gymnasts close their eyes while performing a somersault, they perform _____

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When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating _____

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The first step in the research process is ____

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Papers written by psychologists differ from papers written by historians and literary critics in that they

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The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient is used to assess the association between

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The _______________ Model is the foundation for the t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), regression analysis, and many of the multivariate methods

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Theories are easier to prove than to disprove

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Which of the following is not an example of an operational definition?

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In which case did the Supreme Court rule on same-sex harassment?

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The debate over test fairness involves factors affecting

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Which model of test fairness selects more potentially successful people from the lower group?

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In attempting to validate CBTI systems, researchers face difficulties such as

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In the 1950s, researchers found a positive correlation between the number of cigarettes a person smoked on a regular basis and the probability of developing lung cancer. Based on this knowledge, the correct conclusion for the researchers to draw was that _____

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In the notation for single-subject designs (e.g., ABAB), the letter B represents the baseline phase

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The warm cool color distance illusion refers to the fact that

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One example of logic as entertainment that was presented in your book is _____

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Identify and briefly describe probability sampling versus nonprobability sampling

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Approximately what value must a reliability coefficient have for most purposes in basic research?

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Which strategy does the Mooney Problem Checklist use?

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In a _____ design, the total variance is partitioned into the variance between subjects and the within variance, which is further partitioned into the variance due to the treatment effects and the interaction effects of those treatments within the subjects

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A design in which at least two nonequivalent groups are measured after the treatment is a(n) _____ design

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The dependent variable is the variable that is systematically manipulated

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The Stroop effect a. occurs when colors are named slowly for words that match the color name. b. occurs when colors are named slowly for words that denote a color name other than the one being named

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In a normal curve, the area contained between the mean and a score that is 2.30 standard deviations above the mean is 0.4893 of the total area

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According to Land and Lee, drivers look _____ when driving on a straight road

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What indicates the proportion of the total number of scores that occurred in each interval?

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If the null hypothesis for an ANOVA is true, then the F-ratio should be:

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