If you rate a student highly on all traits on a college entrance form because the student is very likeable and attractive, you are illustrating the
a. halo effect.
b. self-promoting phenomenon.
c. situational bias concept.
d. Barnum effect.
A
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a. margin of error b. divergent validity c. measurement validity d. demand characteristics
Which of the following is true of "culture-free" intelligence tests?
a. They have been in use for less than 20 years. b. They have been largely successful. c. These tests have never been developed. d. They have not lived up to their promise.
When examining the concordance rates of homosexuality between identical twins and fraternal twins or non-twin siblings, the following has been reported by research—if one identical twin is gay, his brother has a ___% chance of being gay as well
If a fraternal twin or a non-twin sibling is gay, his brother has a ___% chance of being gay as well. a) 75; 18 b) 52; 22 c) 21; 7 d) 98; 33
Areas of the brain most directly implicated in borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder are the prefrontal cortex and deeper brain structures in the________
a. limbic system b. corpus callosum c. cerebellum d. occipital lobe