Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. A psychological test can be reliable, but not valid.
b. Reliability is a characteristic of the test itself; validity depends on how the test is used.
c. When a test is reliable, it is automatically valid as well.
d. It is inappropriate for a publisher to simply state that their test is valid.
c. When a test is reliable, it is automatically valid as well.
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Which of the following have been identified as early precursors of autism spectrum disorder?
a. deficits in eye contact b. reduced social interest c. atypical sensorimotor development d. all of these
If a researcher collects physiological, self-report, and sociological data, the researcher is:
a. conducting a longitudinal study. c. conducting a cross-sectional study. b. taking a multidimensional approach d. is taking a meta-analytic approach.
During a fugue state, patients diagnosed with dissociative fugue
A. travel and typically experience memory loss during their trip. B. travel involuntarily but do not experience memory loss. C. temporarily lose memory of who they are but are able to recover their sense of identity after the fugue state. D. permanently lose memory of who they are and seldom recover any sense of their own identity.
Why do partial reinforcement schedules work better than continuous reinforcement schedules?
A. Partial are more likely to signal that contingency is no longer clear. B. Continuous are more likely to condition extinction resistant behaviors. C. Partial are less likely to signal that rewards have ended, so the organism keeps trying. D. Continuous are more realistic, since the reward giver does not need to be around constantly.