Internal consistency is the extent to which multiple items used to measure the same variable are related.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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The theory of emotion that suggests individuals can alter their emotional experiences by changing the interpretations they give to physiological arousal is:

a. the commonsense view of emotions b. the James-Lange theory of emotion c. the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion d. the two-factor theory of emotion

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A person has been taking a drug regularly for an extended period and cannot seem to stop. However, she is taking the same dosage as when she began and experiences the same effects. These circumstances indicate that she

A. has acquired a tolerance for the drug. B. is psychologically dependent. C. is physiologically dependent. D. is addicted.

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You and your sister are watching your nephew. Initially he seems to be very interested in a recently appeared stimulus, but seems not to be very interested in it after a few seconds. Your sister thinks that he might not have a very long attention span

What do you tell her? Your nephew is actually displaying ____. a. boredom b. sensitivity c. dishabituation d. habituation

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Functional equivalence is best described as what?

A) All behaviors a person exhibits are linked with a corresponding trait of the person. B) Traits are best described in terms of their behavior; therefore behavior must be the focus of the study of traits. C) People consist of a small number of traits that can be used to describe all behavior. D) Many situations are viewed by people as similar in meaning, so they respond similarly; the trait is the internal structure that causes this regularity. E) Traits are underlying structures that people are born with and are in no way related to the different behaviors that people exhibit.

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