Surveys are procedures used to measure and evaluate personality traits, emotional states, aptitudes, interests, abilities, and values.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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If psychologists administer a new test once to a large representative sample of people, what are they probably trying to do?
a. Determine the heritability of the test scores b. Determine the reliability of the test scores c. Determine the validity of the test scores d. Standardize the test
Confidentiality ____
a. ensures that information is kept secret and private b. reduces the negative effects of deception c. conceals the nature of the study to increase participation d. involves deceiving participants
Guilford, in his structure-of-intellect model, judged that there are 180 basic mental abilities by
a. keeping his theory as simple as possible. b. calculating the mixes of contents/operations/products. c. doing "armchair theorizing," thinking up possibilities. d. surveying other experts and averaging their responses.
Test-retest reliability is expected to be high when
a. the intervening time period between initial test and retest is at least several months. b. the variable being assessed is a long-standing personality trait. c. the variable being assessed is a temporary syndrome. d. more than one of the above