Most research efforts designed to show that self-esteem affects behavior have been _______.

a. nomothetic
b. idiographic
c. idiosyncratic
d. highly standardized


a. nomothetic

Psychology

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Interview assessment techniques for mood disorders and suicide can be an important observational tool beyond the questions and answers themselves, allowing the assessor to consider

a. the symbolic content of answers. b. nonverbal behaviors indicative of problems. c. a psychosocial index of confidence. d. a demonstration of the respondent's self-esteem level.

Psychology

In the early 1990s, some researchers found that listening to 10 minutes of Mozart improved performance on spatial-reasoning tasks. Follow-up studies have found that:

a. performance on verbal and math reasoning tasks also improves after listening to Mozart b. listening to sad, slow music improves spatial reasoning performance even more than listening to Mozart c. the improvements in performance were generally relatively small and only lasted for brief periods d. although the improvements in performance were small, they appeared to be relatively permanent

Psychology

A test critique is a/an ______ of a test.

a. review b. quality rating c. use estimate d. analysis

Psychology

You are walking through the park, and you notice two people. You see that they are sitting together on a blanket of some kind. They also have a basket in front of them, and there is food inside it. There is a bottle of juice next to each person, and they appear to be laughing and enjoying the mild weather that you then notice. Combining all of these observations to surmise that this couple is having a picnic on a beautiful day in the park best illustrates ______.

A. the filter model of attention B. top-down processing C. the feature-integration theory D. the capacity model of attention

Psychology