One way to increase the accuracy of self-report measures of attitudes is to
a. offer many, rather than fewer, response options.
b. use a single attitude scale, rather than multiple scales.
c. focus on attitudes regarding sensitive and personal issues.
d. convince respondents that any deception can be detected.
d
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"Occam's Razor" and "Lloyd Morgan's Canon" refer to the principle of:
A) parsimony B) theoretical coherence C) comprehensiveness D) testability
According to Holland, traits associated with the ________ personality type are related to verbal skills and interpersonal relations
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
If Ava is being measured by Gardner, her overall level of functioning is most likely being determined according to her
A) scores on various psychometric indices of general and specific intelligences. B) profile of strengths and weaknesses in regard to different types of intelligence. C) ability to integrate performance and knowledge acquisition components of intelligence. D) divergent thinking abilities and creativity in several life domains.
In a formal experiment, the group subjected to a change in the independent variable, and used for comparison with a group not subjected to any change, is called the __________ group.
A. independent B. experimental C. dependent D. control