Suppose a professor is discussing a personality test that was designed to test optimism. She says that the test has high validity. From this statement, you know that
a. people who get a low score one week are likely to get a high score the next week.
b. there are significant gender differences on this test.
c. individual differences in optimism can be explained by factors such as hormones and brain structures.
d. the test predicts how optimistic people are, using some other measure of optimism.
D
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At the preconventional level of moral development, the child decides if things are good or bad (moral) on the basis of whether they
a. are against the law. b. bring punishment or reward. c. are in accord with social rules. d. fit the child's own sense of "rightness.".
Quasi-experimental designs use random assignment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If distractors are very similar to the correct item on a multiple choice test,
a. there will be a lack of recognition for the information. b. a false sense of recognition may occur for the information. c. the serial position effect is likely to occur, regarding the information. d. redintegration is likely to occur, regarding the information.
According to the views of B.F. Skinner, if a behavior is commonly exhibited, you can be assured that it ____
a. ?is a product of conscious thought b. ?has been reinforced c. ?will never be extinguished completely d. ?has been followed by a positive consequence every time is has been exhibited