A psychologist develops a test for sales ability, gives it to all applicants and
correlates the scores with sales at the end of the applicants' first year. That r assesses
(a) validity (b) reliability (c) standardization (d) autocorrelation
A
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a. How rare or common something is b. The quality of some product relative to its price c. How popular something is d. Whether something has been increasing or decreasing over time
Most mental health professionals today identify themselves with
a. the psychodynamic paradigm. b. the cognitive-behavioral paradigm. c. the humanistic paradigm. d. no single paradigm.
Why are many researchers skeptical of Freud's theory of dreams? a. The theory applies only to people in 20th-century Europe
b. Only therapists with extensive training can understand and apply the theory. c. The theory fails to uncover the unconscious motivations behind dreams. d. The theory offers interpretations whose accuracy we cannot check.
When short-term memory (STM) is combined with other mental processes, it acts more like a "mental scratchpad" where we do much of our thinking. This aspect of STM is known as __________ memory
a. working b. eidetic c. procedural d. integrative