If you were field-testing two or more versions of a question to determine which version provides the most accurate results, you would be conducting a
a. validity study.
b. reliability study.
c. behavior coding test.
d. split sample test.
d. split sample test.
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According to Vygotsky, people in Western cultures rely heavily on __________ to teach children practical skills, whereas people in traditional societies use __________ to teach practical skills.
A. intelligent guides; demonstrations B. verbal instructions; observation and demonstration C. observation and demonstration; intelligent guides D. verbal instructions; schemes
The basic building blocks of spoken language are
a. syllables b. morphemes. c. phonemes. d. words.
Ross just started a new job and seems to need more sleep than normal. Why is this likely to happen?
a. The body generally requires additional sleep with increased stress. b. He has contracted narcolepsy. c. He is suffering from insomnia. d. Ross is just lazy.
Which of the following is not a difference between cognitivism and behaviorism?
a. Cognitive psychology is mainly interested in higher mental functions rather than observable behavior, the interest of behavioral psychology. b. Behavioral psychological research emphasizes research on humans, whereas cognitive psychological research emphasizes animal research. c. The principal aim of behaviorisistic theories is to determine the existing relationships between behavior and its antecedents/consequences as opposed to cognitive theories' desire to make plausible and useful inferences about the mental processes that intervene between input and output. d. Cognitive theories tend to be less ambitious in scope than were behavioristic theories.