Roth (2010 ) compared different types of psychological therapies for panic attacks in order to find out ‘common effective mechanisms' and concluded that these therapies:
a) Reduce the expectancy of panic attack
b) Increase people's ability to control the occurrence of negative events
c) Reduce the vicious circle of fearing fear
d) Increase the expectancy of panic attack
c
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Which of these is a major problem for personality researchers?
a. The most common methods of personality research require expensive equipment. b. Personality varies along too few dimensions. c. For most people, personality has low stability over time. d. Self-reports are often inaccurate.
Because classic test theory assumes a person's true score is the same over time, repeating the same test over and over gives a distribution of scores that reflect what?
a. systematic error b. random error c. reliability d. internal consistency
Third-grade teacher Victor serves as a proctor for administration of group IQ tests to children at his school. Victor has been instructed to make sure that he follows the uniform procedures for administering the test in order to make sure the test is used correctly. With which criteria of test administration is Victor concerned?
a. Standardization b. Norming c. Validity d. Accuracy e. Reliability
Dr. Foust studies the causes of schizophrenia and offers treatments for those afflicted with the disorder. Dr. Foust is most likely a(n) __________ psychologist.
A. quantitative B. experimental C. clinical D. eclectic