What do we call a single source of error that always increases or decreases the true score by the same amount?

a. The true score
b. The average score
c. Random error
d. Systematic error


d. Systematic error

Psychology

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Spearman is to Gardner as ____ is to ____

a. multiple; single c. triarchic; multiple b. single; multiple d. multiple; triarchic

Psychology

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice ___________ made several landmark decisions in the 1960s that expanded civil liberties and protections.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology

Which statement about school transitions is true?

A) Grade point averages increase and feelings of anonymity decline after each school change. B) Multiple-problem youths often show a decline in truancy after a school transition. C) Adolescents facing added strains at school transitions are at greatest risk for academic difficulties. D) For well-adjusted youths, grade point averages tend to increase with the high school transition.

Psychology

Behavioral psychologists would say that the high rates of academic dishonesty on college campuses is due to the

a. students' biological predispositions toward cheating. b. instinctual drives of aggressiveness against authority by young people. c. students' lack of congruence between their real and ideal selves. d. situations in classes that allow cheating to take place.

Psychology