Techniques of pattern seeking include all of the following EXCEPT
a) Ordering the categories in sequence of occurrence
b) Ignoring the reasonableness of alternative explanations
c) Sorting the categories to see if a pattern exists
d) Constructing integrative diagrams
e) Doing logical cross-analyses
B
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a. any given student outscores others who took the same test. b. students score the same on the first half versus the second half of the test. c. students score the same on repeated administrations of the test. d. any score in a distribution varies from the mean.
Hobbs headed Project Re-ED, the NIMH-funded pilot residential schools for students with emotional/behavioral disorders, which was based in the philosophy that:
A. The classroom must have structure, motivation, and specific educational goals. B. Deviant behavior must be addressed by mental health professionals such as psychologists and psychiatrists. C. Behavior change is dependent upon curing the child of the deviance underlying problem behavior. D. Operant conditioning techniques successfully decrease severe deviant behaviors. E. All of the child's social systems must be taken into account if the treatment is to be effective.
Jimar is a six-year-old African American boy who wants to learn how to dribble a basketball and do it so well that his eight-year-old brother can't steal the ball from him when he runs up the driveway to shoot a basket. Observational learning is a good way for him to begin to reach his goal. Which of the following people is probably the best model for him?
a. An attractive African American middle school girl who plays basketball better than most of the other girls in the neighborhood b. An Asian boy about his age who plays basketball better than any of the other kids his age c. An African American high school boy who plays basketball better than other kids in the neighborhood d. An African American boy his age who plays basketball but struggles to beat Jimar
A standardized test has a mean of 40 and a standard deviation of 10 . Ashley's percentile rank is 45 while Sophia's is 50 . Bill's percentile rank is 50 while Chad's is 55 . Blake's percentile ranks is 90 while Jesse's is 95 . For which pair of students is the difference in raw scores likely to be largest?
a. Ashley vs. Sophia b. Bill vs. Chad c. Blake vs. Jesse d. None. The difference in raw scores is likely to be the same for each pair.