Wanda assesses facial expressions, body movements, and vocalizations in a group of infants as
they are exposed to different emotional elicitors. What is Wanda most likely to discover in this
study?
A) She will discover connectedness between these different emotional modalities.
B) She will document that infant facial expression and vocalizations do not necessarily
correlate with body movements.
C) She should primarily assess facial expressions because they are the more valid indictors
of emotional experience.
D) Her work would not be valid if she does not also collect physiological data.
A
You might also like to view...
Statistical tests of significance provide a yes or no answer to which question?
A. Is there a correlation between variable X and variable Y? B. Does the treatment cause changes in behavior? C. Is the difference in the treatment conditions due to chance? D. None of the above
Which statement about the use of animals in psychological research is TRUE?
A) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals approves of the use of animals in psychological research. B) Most research in psychology involves the use of animals. C) Animals in psychological research may be exposed to painful stimuli if there is no other way to conduct the research and there is a strong justification for the research. D) The Candian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is against the use of animals in psychological research.
Before satisfying one's need for love, Maslow believed you must first satisfy your __________ needs
A) physiological B) safety C) esteem D) physiological and safety E) physiological and esteem
If a test provides an accurate measure of what it is supposed to measure, we say that the test is
A) reliable. B) psychometric. C) factor-analytic. D) valid.