What is the Army Alpha?
a) a diagnostic system used to identify mentally ill recruits
b) the first large-scale intelligence test used to screen recruits
c) programmed instructions for training soldiers in the use of computers
d) general term used for the military's efforts to incorporate psychological principles in training
B
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Chapter 5 pointed out that the SAT has a problem with validity. Why is this issue relevant for the psychology of women?
a. The SAT is not correlated with their grades in middle school. b. The scores predict that women will score higher in math courses than in English courses, yet they actually score higher in English. c. Women actually receive higher math grades than men do in college, yet their math SAT scores are lower. d. The SAT math scores are valid, but the SAT verbal scores are not.
Echolalia in children with ASD is believed to be a(n) ____
a. sign of pathology b. sign of co-occurring obsessive–compulsive disorder c. important step in their language acquisition d. uncontrollable habit
If the points on a scatter diagram are clustered in a pattern that extends from upper left to the lower right, this would suggest that the two variables depicted are
a. normally distributed. b. not correlated. c. negatively correlated. d. positively correlated.
As your textbook authors note, experimental research carries with it the risk of situational limitations and constraints. Differentiate artificiality, demand characteristics, and generalizability as they relate to experimental research. Identify how they can be controlled in an experiment and generate an example of each constraint and the problem it poses.
What will be an ideal response?