Because applicants try to present themselves in the best light, traditional employment interviews often lack
a. reliability.
b. predictive validity.
c. construct validity.
d. standardization.
b
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a. exposure to traumatic events where a person experienced, witnessed, or confronted an event involving actual or threatened death or serious injury to oneself or someone else. b. symptoms lasting two days to four weeks. c. attempts to separate from persons related to the dramatic situation resulting in separation anxiety disorder. d. development of social phobia.
In Freudian theory, projection is ____
a. ?part of the Oedipus complex b. ?a psychosexual stage of development c. ?a defense mechanism d. ?a function of the superego
Which statement is most TRUE of shaping?
a. ?Shaping can be used effectively on animals and people. b. ?Shaping can be used effectively only on animals. c. ?Shaping can be used effectively only on people. d. ?Shaping can be used effectively only on children.
Anton Mesmer, an early 18th century physician, purported to be affecting cures in patients by unblocking their flow of a bodily fluid he called "animal magnetism." In fact, any effectiveness of his methods was actually due to
A. undetectable magnetic fields. B. chemically induced humoral balance. C. mental telepathy. D. the power of suggestion.