If test-takers are likely to answer items on a self-report test in terms of their social desirability rather than truthfully, this problem can be solved by . . .
a. Asking respondents to choose between items matched on social desirability
b. Asking respondents to answer honestly
c. Asking respondents to take a lie detector test
d. All of the above
a. Asking respondents to choose between items matched on social desirability
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According to research on leadership, which statement seems to be true?
a. Transformational leaders are more effective than transactional leaders. b. Transformational leaders are less effective than transactional leaders. c. Transformational leaders and transactional leaders are equally effective. d. Transformational leaders are more effective in their use of rewards than are transactional leaders.
Dr. Kosmo van Nostrand studies how psychoactive drugs affect the brain by crossing the blood-brain barrier. This is known as the study of ____
a. ?psychopharmacology b. ?object relations c. ?social neuroscience d. ?phenomenology
Studies have shown that adolescents adapt better psychologically, and do better in school, if their parents
a. adopt a hands-off attitude. b. monitor schoolwork, activity schedule, and whereabouts. c. take away privileges for the slightest infraction. d. act as peers of the adolescents.
Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development referred to
a. the range of tasks that a child could accomplish with the assistance of a teacher or parent. b. the range of physical abilities in an individual child. c. the cultural context in which the child shows the weakest performance. d. the range of tasks that the child can do without any assistance.