Information at the beginning and end of a list tends to be more easily recalled than information in the middle of the list. This cognitive process is called
a. encoding. c. serial-position effect.
b. chunking. d. the Magic Number Seven.
C
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Why are interstate commerce laws applicable to testing?
a. Tests developed and published in one state may be marketed and used in other states. b. Tests used in employment decisions affect individual finances. c. Students may attend colleges located in states other than their home states, so college entrance exams are controlled by interstate commerce laws. d. Testing is a business and thus antitrust laws apply.
A psychologist who sees a client's problems as caused by a lack of useful, productive behaviors and lack of consequences following inappropriate actions probably supports which model of psychopathology?
a. existential c. behavioral b. psychodynamic d. humanistic
Describe how the absolute threshold has real-life implications in reading mammogram tests.
What will be an ideal response?
A grouped frequency distribution is used when
a. there are too many different scores to produce an efficient frequency table or graph. b. there are too many scores to produce an efficient frequency table or graph. c. one wants more detailed information about frequencies than one can get from a frequency table. d. there are about 10 rows in a frequency table.