What is meant by selective attrition?
a. Some participants fail to answer all the questions on a survey
b. Some participants respond to demand characteristics, and others don't.
c. Those who volunteer for a study may be unrepresentative of the population.
d. Some participants quit before the study finishes.
d
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Saying that dissociative identity disorder is iatrogenic means that it is ____
a. caused by blocking the full expression of id impulses b. a fictitious or made-up diagnosis c. an unintended result of therapy d. an unacceptable way of avoiding social responsibilities
Which part of the brain lies within the temporal lobes and produces memory-like or dream-like experiences when the temporal lobes are stimulated?
a. amygdala b. hippocampus c. thalamus d. pons
Dichotic listening tasks are based on the fact that a. information from each ear is processed exclusively by the ipsilateral auditory cortex
b. information from each ear is processed equally by both hemispheres. c. sounds originating from directly in front of or behind a person will be processed by the left hemisphere. d. information from each ear is processed more rapidly by the contralateral auditory cortex.
A psychological test is said to have content validity if
a. the items in the test broadly represent the trait in question. b. its results are comparable to established standards of performance. c. it produces the same results from one time to the next. d. it predicts other measures of the personality trait in question.