A high score on the K scale of the MMPI indicates the person may be
a. lying.
b. careless.
c. defensive.
d. evasive.
e. arrogant.
c. defensive.
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When students take a test and then a retest, nearly all the students improve their scores by the same amount. What can we say about the test?
a. It has high reliability. b. It has low reliability. c. It has high validity. d. It has low validity.
When a young woman interviewed men on either a high, shaky bridge or a low, sturdy bridge, men who were interviewed on the shaky bridge found the woman more exciting. Why are the results difficult to interpret?
a. The woman may have behaved differently on the two bridges. b. Men and women probably react differently to autonomic arousal. c. The same woman conducted the interviews on both bridges. d. The researchers tested only a small sample of participants.
Studies on gender differences in mate preferences find that females place a higher priority on
a. kindness. b. physical attractiveness. c. good health. d. social status.
According to the discussion of feminist perspectives on sexuality,
a. most textbooks for adolescents emphasize that male and female sexuality are equally important topics. b. the media should place greater emphasis on biological factors related to sexuality. c. the media are currently more interested in female sexuality, rather than male sexuality. d. research on sexuality often regards men's sexual experience to be the normative standard.