Maaza finds a correlation between a personality test and job performance that equals .29. She has found the:
A) performance coefficient.
B) validity coefficient.
C) coefficient of determination.
D) coefficient of agreement.
Answer: B) validity coefficient.
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a. incorporating common stimuli b. incorporating a variety of relevant stimulus situations in training c. teaching a range of functionally equivalent responses d. training skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement
_____ is an interdisciplinary field interested in the ways in which our minds influence our bodies.
A. Health psychology B. Behavioral medicine C. Medical psychology D. Internal medicine
The type of discipline called induction ________.
A. fails to provide children with information about how to behave in future situations B. encourages children to comply with rules to avoid the loss of parental love C. discourages the development of empathy and sympathy D. involves helping make the child aware of feelings by pointing out the effects of the child's misbehavior on others
For most people, puberty
A. ends long before adolescence does. B. is the same as adolescence. C. has an easily identifiable beginning and ending. D. occurs in a single, sudden event.