Early demonstrations of the Rorschach included validation by
a. reviews by content-area experts familiar with the underlying constructs.
b. performance of individuals who analyzed the responses of individuals they had never met, making a diagnosis, and validating the diagnosis against other data sources.
c. large-scale field work that involved thousands of individuals tested by hundreds of administrators whose skill levels varied.
d. standard psychometric methods that yielded surprisingly high validity.
b
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In Ainsworth's strange situation method, Evan showed severe distress when his mother left the room. When she returned, he ran to cling to her and then pushed her away. What type of attachment is this?
a. ambivalent/resistant b. disorganized c. avoidant d. secure
Maura suspects that she has some memory deficit. What kind of assessment should she undergo?
a. COPD b. Divided attention c. Neuropsychological d. Selective attention
According to social cognitive theorists, children develop a sense of what is considered masculine or feminine in their societies by means of observational learning and socialization. At what age do children start to be gender-typed in this way?
a. from birth c. around 5 b. around 2 d. at puberty
Tom and Pat are subjects in an experiment on problem-solving. They are each placed in separate rooms and asked to generate solutions to the problem of global warming. Tom is given an hour to generate solutions, while Pat is only given 20 minutes. Which of the following is most likely to occur?
A. Tom will have generated a more diverse array of possible solutions. B. Pat will have generated a more diverse array of possible solutions. C. Tom will have generated more heuristics relevant to solving the problem. D. Pat will have generated more heuristics relevant to solving the problem.