The __________ of an interview concerns how well the interview measures what it intends to measure
a. validity
b. test-retest reliability
c. practical utility
d. interrater reliability
A
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Experimenters played a melody for fetuses before birth and tested them after birth. What happened? a. When infants heard that melody, they kicked their legs in time with its rhythm. b. When infants heard that melody, they smiled and turned toward it
c. When infants heard that melody, their heart rate changed. d. The infants showed no indication of remembering that melody.
Research would predict that _____ would show the largest intellectual declines in the coming years
a. 68-year-old Jay, who is married and leading an active social life, b. 69-year-old May, who lives alone and is socially inactive, c. 70-year-old Kay, who is married but socially inactive, d. 71-year-old Fay, who is lives alone but is socially active,
In the context of measurement of personality, which of the following statements is true?
A) The reliability of tests is usually assessed by comparing test results to external criteria or standards. B) A reliable IQ test does not usually provide scores during childhood that remain reasonably similar in adolescence and adulthood. C) The intellectual functioning of an individual cannot be assessed without relating it to other people in the same age group. D) The validity of personality tests cannot be assessed by comparing test results to external criteria or standards.
In an emergency, everyone looks to others, who are looking to them, and thus everyone appears calm so we think it is not an emergency. Latané and Darley call this:
a. coactor continuation b. social facilitation c. social exhaustion d. pluralistic ignorance