A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely to have a ________ level of reliability and a ________ level of validity.
a. low; low
b. low; high
c. high; low
d. high; high
Ans: c. high; low
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Regarding personality traits, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The dimensions of the five-factor model of personality can be used to predict how people will act in various circumstances. b. The Big Five traits appear to be related to different brain systems and chemicals. c. Being extremely perfectionistic tends to increase one's overall success at school and elsewhere. d. Persons high in conscientiousness tend to live longer than those low in this trait.
A box used in operant conditioning of animals, which limits the available responses and thus increases the likelihood that the desired response will occur, is called a ________ box
a. Skinner b. Watson c. trial d. response
Compare two of Freud's stages of his psychosexual theory.
What will be an ideal response?
According to the authors, why are reality TV shows like Survivor of interest to viewers from a social psychological perspective?
A) They provide a valuable lesson about how you should not trust people's verbal statements. B) Reality TV allows psychologists a cost-effective way to study causal relationships. C) They provide an interesting and convenient way to test one's theories of social perception. D) Unlike real life, it is easy to see what people's true motivations are. E) It is possible to determine if people are lying to one another.