Regarding arousal during testing, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Some arousal during testing is healthy because it helps focus students on the task at hand.
b. Only when arousal interferes with performance is it referred to as test anxiety.
c. Overpreparation is usually the main cause of test anxiety.
d. One of the best ways to avoid test anxiety is to improve one's study skills.
C
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political candidates. Jonnie is making use of a. scientific jury selection. b. an implicit personality theory. c. trial attorney intuition. d. jury consultants.
According to B.F. Skinner, cooing and babbling are inborn behaviors; only those sounds that are consistent with a child's parents' native language remain because of ____.
A. extinction and shaping B. extinction and building C. devaluing and shaping D. devaluing and building
When a group of test items all share something in common that accounts for the high correlations among them, we can say they all share a common
a. cause. b. theory. c. nomological network. d. factor.
The NEO-PI-R was developed to assess ________
a. intelligence b. emotional maturity c. mental illness d. the Big Five personality traits