When a student's grade is determined by how the test scores vary among all the students in the class, this is called:
a. absolute grading
b. expectancy grading
c. statistical grading
d. relative grading
D
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The research conducted by Barrett, Lane, Sechrest, and Schwartz (2000) suggests that:
a. men are more concerned with what people think of them than women do. b. women exhibit greater emotional complexity than men. c. women are more resistant to emotional disorders than men. d. men are more likely to suffer from anxiety than women.
The phenomenon of phantom limb does NOT
a. involve experiencing the limb as still protruding. b. involve feelings of wetness or itching in the limb. c. reflect the organization of the parietal cortex. d. occur in less than half of amputees. e. occur among those born with a missing limb.
When one neuron sends a message to another neuron instructing it not to fire, this process is known as __________
a. restriction b. catalytic conversion c. sensory degradation d. inhibition
The textbook suggests that one likely change in the future in the mental health professions is
A. boundaries between professions will become less rigid. B. boundaries between professions will become more rigid. C. restricting the rights of non-psychologists to administer tests will increase. D. legislation restricting the use of psychological terminology to licensed personnel will be adopted.