A researcher wants to know which flavor of ice cream is preferred by college students in the sample. The researcher provides the names of 33 flavors and asks the participants to rank them in order from most liked to least liked. The researcher is using which type of measurement approach?
a. coded c. dichotomous
b. ranking d. Likert
B
This is an example of the procedure that results in a ranking scale.
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a. more support for activity theory. b. more support for disengagement theory. c. little support for either activity or disengagement theory. d. identical levels of support for activity and disengagement theory.
Julio makes a bet with his brother regarding which music their baby sister will prefer. He will probably win the bet if he picks what type of music??
a. ?male vocalists b. ?deep tones c. ?low-pitch music d. ?female vocalists
A meta-analysis of family therapy by Baucom et al. (1998) found that
a. family therapy appears helpful in reducing schizophrenia relapse. b. family therapy appears less effective than individual therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. c. both of the above d. neither of the above
Sophia and Olivia meet for the first time in college when they are assigned to be roommates. They try unsuccessfully for hours to find something they might have in common. They are from different family backgrounds, Sophia is an only child, and Olivia is the oldest of four children. Sophia goes on dates every weekend, while Olivia rarely dates and spends most weekends studying. After separate visits to their therapists, they discover they have both been told they have a basic fear of men. Both deny this fear, but from the psychodynamic perspective, they share:
A. a conscious desire to increase their sexual impulses. B. a desire to suppress their inborn sexual drive. C. a lack of attention in puberty. D. inherited shyness.