Dr. Ambrose is administering an intelligence test, and one question asks, "During what month of the year does the NCAA basketball championship games start?" Students from various groups within the U.S., as well as students from countries outside of the United States may have problems with this question because it is probably ____
A. not valid
B. culturally biased
C. unreliable
D. generalized
Answer: B. culturally biased
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In Jones and Davis's (1965) correspondent inference theory, observers trying to infer whether a particular behavior corresponds to an enduring personal characteristic of the actor would ask all of the following questions except which question?
a. Did the behavior violate any social norms? b. What were the consequences of the behavior? c. What is the actor's perception of the behavior? d. Did the actor freely choose to perform the behavior?
Which of the following is the best predictor of postpartum depression?
a) Depression during pregnancy b) Difficult, irritable infant c) Lower SES d) Negative life events
Of the following, which effect is the weakest?
a. .30 b. -.30 c. Both a and b are equally weak. d. We don't have enough information to decide.
Which concept is also called Occam's razor?
A. principle of parsimony B. priming C. heuristics D. experience