William has gone to a counselor to help him with his feelings of loneliness. The counselor is likely to
a. use cognitive behavioral therapy to break the habit of automatic negative thoughts and self-defeating attributions.
b. tell him he doesn't need therapy because everyone feels lonely at times.
c. point out to him that he should decrease his self-disclosure to avoid embarrassment.
d. tell him that social skills training is ineffective.
A
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a. Compare scores on the test to measurements of an important real-life behavior. b. Administer the test to several groups of people from different cultures. c. Administer the test more than once to the same group of people. d. Survey well-known researchers about their opinion of the test.
The quality of a researcher's operational definitions is closely associated with:
A) restrictive validity B) construct validity C) external validity D) internal validity
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a. 40% b. 60% c. 80% d. 100%
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A. 1 to 2 inches; 3 pounds B. 2 to 3 inches; 5 pounds C. 6 to 7 inches; 11 pounds D. 4 to 5 inches; 8 pounds