Mr. J, a 40-year-old recent immigrant to the United States, comes from a working-class background and is just learning to speak English. He applies for a job and is given a test. His score is compared to others who have taken the test, mostly young college graduates whose native language is English. Mr. J thinks this is unfair. In fact, this is an issue of
a. reliability
b. classification.
c. validity.
d. standardization.
d
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Currently there are two classification systems for mental disorders used in the world; the DSM, used mostly in North America, and the __________ , used in most other parts of the world
a. WHO b. ICD c. DSM-TR d. PCL
Barbara suffers from a conversion disorder and has recently begun treatment with a Freudian therapist. What is this therapist most likely to emphasize in treating Barbara?
a. encouraging her to recall psychologically painful events b. teaching her how to put her feelings into words c. eliminating the reinforcers for her symptoms d. showing her how her symptoms do not make anatomical sense
In order to estimate the amount of TV watched by New York City adults, a sociologist surveys a random sample of adults from this city. All of the New York City adults constitute a _________
a. population c. statistic b. sample d. parameter
Which researcher was the first to develop an intelligence test that could help assess the cognitive skills of adults?
a. Charles Spearman b. Robert Sternberg c. David Wechsler d. Lewis Terman