A track coach records how long it takes a sprinter to run 100 meters. The track coach is recording what dimension of behavior?
a. latency
b. frequency
c. duration
d. intensity
c
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Adopted children and adolescents tend to __________
A) have trouble developing feelings of trust and affection toward their adoptive parents B) fare better if they are adopted in their birth country after infancy and toddlerhood C) develop less favorably than institutionalized agemates who remain in their birth country D) have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children and adolescents
Dr. smith develops the smith depression inventory and gives it to hundreds of patients with depression. he also gives those patients the widely used beck depression inventory. he finds that the average scores on the two questionnaires are highly correlated. dr. smith has demonstrated that the smith depression inventory has
a. concurrent validity b. predictive validity c. statistical prediction d. clinical prediction
One possible explanation as to why individuals have differing set-points is
A) genetics. B) past success or failure at diets. C) ethnicity. D) age.
Many young people come to college ready to engage in a period of questioning and personal experimentation. They suspend the need to make commitments. This is described as
a. negative identity. b. psychosocial moratorium. c. foreclosure. d. androgyny.