If a researcher is attempting to assess the reliability of a measure of depression, the method of choice would be
a. internal consistency.
b. time sampling.
c. the test-retest method.
d. more than one of these.
a
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Which of the following types of needs analysis has the purpose of determining factors that either facilitate or inhibit training effectiveness?
a. Organizational b. Demographic c. Task d. Person
Dmitri is studying an abstract painting. As he studies the painting, he is recording all his impressions and feelings as soon as he experiences them. Dmitri's technique for understanding his conscious experience of the painting is known as:
a. guided insight b. systematic introspection c. client-centered therapy d. functional determinism
Dr. Chen, who is Asian American, is about to begin meeting with a young Latino man to administer behavior therapy for anxiety. Dr. Chen is concerned that their ethnic/racial differences will impede the progress of therapy. Being acquainted with the research on this issue, what would you tell him?
a. He's right; when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a negative effect on the therapeutic outcome. b. He's wrong; although counterintuitive, when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a positive effect on the therapeutic outcome. c. He's wrong; although counterintuitive, when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a positive effect on the therapeutic outcome, but only when the therapist makes an effort to be culturally sensitive. d. It is uncertain; the research conducted to date on the effect of therapist/client ethnic matching on therapeutic outcome is equivocal.
Suppose that Shelly's mother has brown eyes and her father has blue eyes. Shelly has brown eyes. In this example we would ______ Shelly's phenotype for eye color and would _________ Shelly's genotype for eye color
a. know; not know b. not know; know c. know; know d. not know; not know