Peter is doing a study where psychology students are asked how confident they are that they will do well on an exam immediately before taking that test. Peter seems to be assessing the ____ of the students
a. life-cycle forces
b. exosystems
c. internal maturational plans
d. self-efficacy
d
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A. first habits B. simple reflexes C. circular reaction D. restructuring
What suggested that a woman in a vegetative state was conscious?
a. She turned toward the voices of familiar people but not unfamiliar people. b. Part of her brain responded to the instruction, "imagine playing tennis.". c. She occasionally smiled or frowned while music was playing. d. Painful stimuli caused an increase in her body temperature.
A researcher is conducting a chi-square test for independence to evaluate the relationship between gender and preference for three different designs for a new automobile. Each individual in a sample of n = 30 males and n = 30 females selects a favorite design from the three choices. If the researcher obtains a chi-square statistic of ?2 = 4.81, what is the appropriate statistical decision for
the test? a. Reject the null hypothesis with ? = .05 but not with ? = .01 b. Reject the null hypothesis with either ? = .05 or ? = .01 c. Fail to reject the null hypothesis with either ? = .05 or ? = .01 d. There is not enough information to determine the appropriate decision.
Which of the following types of needs analysis has the purpose of determining factors that either facilitate or inhibit training effectiveness?
a. Organizational b. Demographic c. Task d. Person