If I wanted to make a frequency distribution of which movies were most popular with teenage girls, I might group the movies into groups such as comedies, thrillers, romances, and animal stories. These groups would constitute the _____ in the frequency distribution
a. counts c. categories
b. respondents d. frequencies
C
Counts and frequencies would reflect the number of times any category (type of movie) was chosen by an individual as her first choice. Respondents are the people who respond to the questions asked by the researcher.
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a. valid b. generalizable c. reliable d. operational
Of the following, which is not a feature of sensory memory?
A. maintaining visual images despite interruptions caused by blinking B. recognizing words by momentarily holding strings of speech sounds so that related sounds can be grouped as words C. limiting sensory input D. facilitating permanent storage through the process of chunking
A mother is embarrassed when her 18-month-old child points to an unfamiliar man standing on an elevator with them and says, “Dada!” This is an example of ____________
a. babbling b. a case of mistaken identity c. underextension of word meaning d. overextension of word meaning
Personality tests are used for
A. evaluating influences on academic performance. B. evaluating influences on health. C. planning psychotherapeutic interventions. D. All of these