Professional baseball players usually hit their peak performance at younger ages than professional tennis players
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A major goal of research is to ____ from a small group of participants included in a study to the larger group from which they came
a. deduce b. generalize c. specialize d. reason
Robert lightly taps the student sitting in front of him on the shoulder. The student doesn't notice, so Robert taps harder. The minimum pressure Robert must tap such that the other student notices half of the time is called:
A) the absolute threshold. B) the just noticeable difference. C) Weber's law. D) the relative threshold.
While sitting at a meeting with his work colleagues one day, Delton is feeling very opposed to a position that most of his peers have endorsed
He wants to raise his point and contradict the others, but he is worried that this will cause the others to think badly of him and refuse to work with him on the project. Because of this, he stays quiet. Which of the fundamental human motivations noted by your authors is swaying Delton's behavior? a) favorable self-concept b) informational conformity c) relationship maintenance d) accuracy
Which one of the following statements about validity is FALSE?
a. Evidence of validity based on a test’s relations with other variables involves correlating test scores to a measure of performance or another test. b. Evidence of validity based on content involves examining the questions on the test to see if they represent the domain being measured. c. Evidence of validity based on content involves correlating test scores to a criterion. d. Evidence of validity based on a test’s relations with a criterion can be gathered via the concurrent and predictive methods.