If participants respond to survey items in a way that makes them appear more positive in some way, they are reducing the ______ of the behavioral measure.
A. reliability
B. validity
C. veracity
D. accuracy
Answer: B
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Your textbook presents the case of 84-year-old Mary. What was one of the first indications that Mary was suffering from dementia?
a. She could not remember her age. b. She reported hearing voices calling her. c. Some of her animals were found dead because she forgot to feed them. d. After being admitted to a nursing home, she became agitated and belligerent.
The results of the Alameda County study (Berkman and Syme, 1979) clearly demonstrates that _____
a) culture plays no role in the maintenance of health and the production of disease processes b) individuals with the highest social ties suffered the highest mortality rate c) psychosocial factors have enormous impact in the maintenance of physical health d) people who report being lonely in their lives age slower on a number of indicators including body mass index and maximum oxygen consumption
A moderate level of ambient noise helps people concentrate when they work on individualized tasks, but if noise is so substantial it interferes with member-to-member communication it undermines group performance.
a. True b. False
Suppose a study is practically significant but not statistically significant. You should ____
a. reconsider everything b. increase the dosage or improve implementation c. increase the sample size and/or improve measurement d. be happy with an optimal outcome