Utility refers to
a. outcomes that achieve a person's goals.
b. how useful a reasoning process is.
c. the validity of a syllogism.
d. degree of risk aversion one has.
a
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Josie, age 16, and Hanna, age 28, are pregnant. Who is more likely to receive prenatal care throughout the pregnancy?
A. The women are equally likely to receive prenatal care. B. Josie is more likely to receive prenatal care. C. Hanna is more likely to receive prenatal care. D. Neither woman will likely receive prenatal care.
Ramon and Edith have been married for 60 years and, when a local news station interviews them on their anniversary, they both say that their relationship keeps getting better and better, every year. What does longitudinal research on marital relationships say about how marital relationships change over time?
a. What matters is what they believe and if they believe their relationship is getting better, it must be getting better. b. When a marriage has lasted as long as theirs has, it is almost certainly getting better over time. c. In general, people in very long-term relationships will say they are getting better even if they are getting worse. d. While people may say their relationship is getting better, research indicates that their actual ratings of the relationship will either stay the same or get worse.
To ask if all of the items measure the same thing, or do they measure different constructs, is related to ________
a. internal validity b. test-retest reliability c. scorer reliability d. item homogeneity
In the case study of "Jessica's Little Secret," Jessica's bulimia nervosa is maladaptive in the
sense that it can lead to a. extreme loss of weight. b. social problems. c. minor health problems. d. unwanted social attention from others that is commonly associated with maintaining an ideal body type.