Test batteries used in the selection of police officers typically involve
A. tests of cognitive ability.
B. intelligence tests.
C. tests of personality traits.
D. all of the above
D
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a. Excitement c. Plateau b. Orgasm d. Resolution
An operational definition is __________
a) a statement that attempts to predict a set of phenomena and specifies relationships among variables that b) an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomena c) the precise meaning of a term used to describe a variable, such as a type of behavior, that researchers d) the principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation.
According to the text, the most common reasons for false convictions include all of the following except:
A. inaccurate reporting in the media. B. false confessions. C. inaccurate eyewitness identifications. D. mishandled evidence.
Dr. Hall found a positive correlation between depression and child abuse; depressed mothers were more likely to abuse their children. Which of the following explanations best illustrates the third-variable problem?
a) Abusing one's children may cause depression. b) Poverty may cause both depression and child abuse. c) The relationship between depression and child abuse may apply only to women. d) Abused children may have a predisposition to become depressed.