If a diagnosis of a psychological disorder is valid, then we should be able to predict the course of the disorder. This is called
a. predictive reliability. c. truth in diagnosis.
b. predictive validity. d. none of these.
B
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You may be able to repeat a series of words that you thought you did not hear because:
A. the words are stored in echoic memory B. you did not initially pay attention to the words that had been moved to working memory C. stimuli often enter long-term memory without our conscious effort D. of cross-modal memory
The concept of common ground was discussed in connection with the social context of speech. Common ground means that
a. a speaker must coordinate gestures with spoken language. b. the linearization problem should not dominate the social components of speech. c. two speakers must agree to reveal similar amounts of personal information about themselves. d. the speakers share somewhat similar information and experiences.
To propose that consciousness is a fundamental property essentially means that ____
a. we know it to be the fundamental unit of life b. we know it to be transient, and occurring at random times c. we have given up on explaining it d. we have a better understanding of how it occurs in the brain
In describing the psychological properties of sound, decibels provide a measure of the:
a. complexity of sound waves b. amplitude of sound waves c. frequency of sound waves d. length of sound waves