When both factors in a correlation are dichotomous, which test should be used?
A. Pearson
B. Spearman
C. point-biserial
D. phi
Answer: D
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Which defense mechanism involves separating emotion from a threatening or anxiety-provoking situation by talking or thinking about it in impersonal terms?
a. compensation b. rationalization c. intellectualization d. fantasy
Which of the following statements about schedules of reinforcement is FALSE?
a. The different patterns of responding that the different schedules produce are detectable with a cumulative recorder. b. Schedules of reinforcement specify the conditions that must occur before a response produces a reinforcer. c. Schedules of reinforcement can be classified as ratio and interval and as fixed and variable. d. The conditions that follow a reinforcer response acquire the greatest control of the response. e. Ratio schedules typically produce higher rates of responding than interval schedules.
Which of the following statements about telegraphic speech is true?
A) It usually copies adult word pairings. B) It usually focuses on smaller, low-content words. C) It often violates grammatical rules. D) It emerges once the child has learned a dozen or so words.
Max plays with a funnel at one end of the sand table, while Madison makes a pie at the other end. The children talk and pass tools back and forth. They are engaging in __________ play.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).