Dr. Barrios is examining the relationship between student
scores on a practice test in his senior-level class with their actual performance, with different questions, on his first exam. If there is consistency or stability in these scores, Dr. Barrios would be able to say that _____ exists.
Fill in the blank with correct word
Answer: reliability
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Which of the following statements about intermodal perception is true?
A) It is important for the healthy development of human, but not animal, babies. B) It interferes with infants' ability to learn the patterns of their native language. C) It is unrelated to perceptual development. D) It fosters all aspects of psychological development.
From research on selective attention, it appears that young children:
A) have no control over their attention to stimuli B) shift to relevant cues as well as older children do, but have a shorter attention span C) attend to relevant stimuli as well as older children do D) are less able to focus on relevant stimuli than older children are E) none of the above
A large manufacturing company held leadership training courses for lower-level
employees. These courses were run on a volunteer basis and took place at night on the employee's own time. In evaluating the effectiveness of this course ten years later, it was found that those persons who had taken the course had advanced further in the company than those who had not taken the course. What conclusion can be made? A) It is correct to conclude that the course was successful B) It is impossible to do a retrospective ten-year evaluation of the course C) The results may be due to differences in motivation of the two comparison groups D) The results are probably due to a calculated manipulation of the data
The Sry gene on the Y sex chromosome triggers the synthesis of
A) testosterone. B) the Müllerian system. C) the primordial gonads. D) Sry protein. E) estradiol.