A college entrance exam was used to estimate first-year grade-point average (GPA). If the entrance exam estimates GPA well, then the test has high
a) reliability.
b) content validity.
c) construct validity.
d) predictive validity.
D
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After considering a number of possible majors and careers, Christi has decided to major in business management and work in advertising. Christi has recently established the identity status of
a. identity achievement. b. identity diffusion. c. identity foreclosure. d. identity moratorium.
If two variables taken together account for 65% of the variability in Y, and a third variable has a simple squared correlation with Y of .10, then adding that variable to the equation will allow us to account for
a. 65% of the variability in Y. b. 75% of the variability in Y. c. 10% of the variability in Y. d. at least 65% of the variability in Y.
Which of the following is true?
a. ?Exemplars provide a better way of thinking about the variability of a category than prototypes. b. ?Even when an exemplar is well understood, evidence suggests that prototypes might work better. c. ?The processes in which prototypes and exemplars are used are very different. d. ?In both exemplars and prototypes, dissimilar objects will be included in a concept and similar objects will be excluded.
The lesson to be learned from the imagery techniques for memory enhancement (for example, the pegword technique) is that these techniques work because
a. distinctive images tend to provide easy "magical" improvements in memory. b. they tap into reliable ways to develop "photographic" memory. c. their flexible, undefined structures allow rememberers to spontaneously organize information in any way they want. d. they showcase the fact that memory improvement requires a great deal of practice and perseverance.