The mean is more affected by skewness than is the median.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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a. There are no norms, so an average score cannot be determined. b. When the infant can complete 100% of the items for his or her age group. c. When the infant passes the test at the age at which 50% of other infants pass the test. d. It differs from child to child based upon genetics and environment.
Which of the following is true of the early cross-cultural studies on personality that would take a personality scale developed in one country or culture and translate it to use in another culture?
a) These studies did not impose an assumed etic construct upon the cultures studied. b) It was concluded that the personality dimensions represented by an imposed etic were equivalently represented in all cultures included in the studies. c) It provided sufficient evidence that the personality domains measured in these studies were equivalent in all the cultures studied. d) The researchers in these studies assumed that the methods of measuring personality dimensions were psychometrically valid and reliable.
Grief work is best defined as the a. physiological reaction to bereavement
b. psychological coming of terms with bereavement. c. social reaction to dying. d. bioethical debate over dying.
In studies of recovery from surgery (e.g. coronary-bypass), results suggest that a high level of __________ was found to be predictive of a wide variety of positive health outcomes right after surgery although differences abate in the long run
a. self-control c. behavioral involvement b. informational involvement d. patient-practitioner coherence