When researchers want to measure test–retest reliability/precision, they must assume test takers’ ability will ______.
A. not change between the first administration and the second administration
B. increase between the first administration and the second administration
C. decrease between the first administration and the second administration
D. be affected by the order they took the tests
Ans: A
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a. ?did not become a formal school of thought b. ?successfully established themselves as a school of thought c. ?never became formalized within the American Psychological Association d. ?did not offer a definition of psychology distinct from that of behaviorism and psychoanalysis e. ?lacked the passion of their convictions
Which of the following refers to the very private and internal mental processes that the behaviorists avoided studying—information processing, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving?
a. client-centered therapy b. self-actualization c. cognition d. study of the id
Family therapy is particularly effective when:
A) all members of the family are adults. B) a parent is suffering from a psychological disorder. C) adolescent children are involved. D) the parents are divorced.
Michelle has experienced much anxiety, tension, and worrying in the past six months but cannot identify any particularly stressful events in her life during that time. You should suggest that she:
a. see a psychologist, since she is obviously denying some serious conflicts b. adopt an external locus of control c. study the day-to-day hassles she experiences d. develop a Type A personality