What would be one way to determine the validity of an IQ test?
a. See whether most people get about the same score on a test and then a retest.
b. See whether scores on the test accurately predict performance in school.
c. See whether scores on the test follow the normal distribution.
d. See whether scores on the odd numbered items correlate with the even numbered items.
b
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Gretel's mother Sylvia lives alone. Now that Sylvia is elderly, Gretel is worried that her mother may suffer serious injury from an accident. According to the text, what can Gretel do to help protect Sylvia?
A. Insist that Sylvia hand over her driver's license. B. Sign Sylvia up for a medical alert service. C. Make sure Sylvia has Internet, land line, and cell phone access. D. Equip Sylvia's home with nonskid floors.
In her psychology classes, Dr. Murphey uses problem-based learning cases in order to enhance her students' abilities to actively reflect, analyze, and evaluate information about real-life cases involving troubled marriages and caring for elderly parents. Dr. Murphey is attempting to increase her students'
a. transductive reasoning skills. b. commonsense reasoning. c. correlational skills. d. critical thinking skills.
Which of the following most closely matches Type A beliefs?
a. Type A individuals can change their behaviors. b. Type A individuals need to be perfect. c. Impatience and irritation contribute to failure. d. Life is not predictable, so why worry?
Jean Piaget hypothesized that cognitive development progressed
a. as a slow lifetime process. c. as a quantitative change process. b. as a result of heredity. d. as an orderly sequence of stages.