Professor Wapner wants to develop a new psychometric test of anxiety. He must be careful to have the various items on the test yield similar results to ensure that it will be high in ____
a. interrater reliability c. construct validity
b. test-retest reliability d. internal consistency
D
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Taffi had a dream about a 20-foot-long snake wrapping itself around her legs. According to Freud, this description of the dream is called the _____.
A. manifest content B. latent content C. applied content D. activation-synthesis content
Emily is 27 years old and has difficulty forming meaningful relationships with others. According to Erikson, she is most likely in the __________ stage.
A. intimacy versus isolation B. identity versus role confusion C. basic trust versus mistrust D. integrity versus despair
What characteristic belongs most in the cognitive domain of development?
a. Physical maturation of the body b. A changing personality c. Poor interpersonal skills d. Language acquisition
A psychologist who adheres to the Gestalt school is staring at a banana. Which of the following statements is she most likely to make?
a. I see a long, curved, yellow object with a dark stem at one end. b. I think that banana would really take the edge off of my hunger right now. c. I see a banana. d. I see a series of curved lines converging at two points, with the color yellow in between them. There is also a small "u"-shaped line connected to one conversion point for the other lines. The color brown is inside of it.