The participants in a research study are classified as high, medium, or low in self-esteem. What measurement scale is being used to classify self-esteem?
a. Nominal c. Interval
b. Ordinal d. Ratio
B
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a. basic, moderate and complex c. mal de ojo, curar, parteras b. material, spiritual, and mental d. prayer, candles and herbal ointments
Placing meat near a hungry dog will increase the dog’s saliva flow. This is an example of a(n) _____.
a. unconditioned stimulus b. unconditioned response c. conditioned stimulus d. conditioned response
Jamilla is learning her lines for the play. First, she learns half of scene one. Once it is mastered, she studies the second half of scene one. She then goes back and recites her lines for all of scene one. Once this is mastered, Jamilla starts learning the first half of scene two and so on, always starting at the beginning of the play, once she has mastered each small part. After the whole play
is learned, Jamilla also practices by starting at different points in the play. This will help prevent getting "lost" or going blank in the middle of the performance. To learn her lines for the play, Jamilla is using a. whole learning. b. the serial position approach. c. partial encoding. d. the progressive-part method.
When psychologists make clinical judgments or interpretations, they may view patient data as
a. samples of behavior outside the psychologists' office. b. correlates of other behaviors or emotions. c. signs of an underlying state or condition. d. all of the above