Your instructor gives multiple items to test your knowledge of algebra. Your instructor is ensuring _________ of the exam.
A. construct validity
B. test-retest reliability
C. internal validity
D. internal consistency
Answer: D
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a. you will not be very accurate in this task, because mental imagery is very poor for geometric figures. b. you will take more time than if you had to rotate the figure in a 3-dimensional plane (e.g., away from you). c. you will rotate the figure more quickly than if you had to rotate it in a counterclockwise fashion. d. you will take longer to rotate it 120? than 40?.
Andrea has a box of crayons. If Andrea is in the preoperational stage described by Piaget, which action is she most likely to take with the crayons??
a. ?Put the crayons in her mouth. b. ?Draw a picture of her family dog. c. ?Complete her long-division homework. d. ?Write a poem about freedom.
Which perspective is not really a systemized school of thought, and instead is more like a set of attitudes that emphasizes the individual's quest for meaning and personal responsibility for choices?
a. existential b. cognitive c. psychodynamic d. behavioral
Truddi has been studying the topic of repressed memories. She is likely to find that ____
a. experimental psychologists are much more likely than clinicians to believe in the validity of repressed memories b. men are much more likely than women to believe in the validity of repressed memories c. many clinicians believe that some therapeutic techniques can lead to false memories d. cognitive psychologists are more likely than psychoanalytic psychologists to believe in the validity of repressed memories