What is the Flynn effect?
What will be an ideal response?
The Flynn effect is the steep rise in the median IQ scores in the general population during the 20th century, named after James Flynn who, first identified it.
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Conservation is best defined as the ability to
a. think abstractly. b. think the way other people think. c. understand that some properties of an object remain the same even if other properties change. d. realize that an object continues to exist even if that object has left the sensory range.
Mr. V is participating in a clinical research study that is investigating psychological factors that may influence the development of heart disease. When he is instructed to imagine a situation in which he was very angry, the sensors monitoring his heart reveal that a. his heartbeat has slowed significantly
b. his heart is pumping less efficiently. c. the area around his heart has become swollen and inflamed. d. he is having a "painless" heart attack.
Experiments involving deception
a. should never be done on ethical grounds. b. should be carefully considered, since aftercare of the participant would be impossible to obtain. c. obligates the researcher to explain the true nature of the experiment after the participant has been tested. d. should only be conducted with experiments involving pain and/or suffering.
Which of the following major personality assessments is now used for occupational screening in areas such as law enforcement as well as marital counseling and has reliability and validity?
a. MMPI-2 b. Rorschach Inkblot Test c. TAT d. RISB