Many social psychologists refer to the concept of happiness using the phrase
a. "self-efficacy.".
b. "subjective well-being.".
c. "relative privation.".
d. "temporary disposition.".
b
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When students take a test and then a retest, nearly all the students improve their scores by the same amount. What can we say about the test?
a. It has high reliability. b. It has low reliability. c. It has high validity. d. It has low validity.
In the study by Caspi et al. (2003) discussed in the text, genetic testing of males who were followed from childhood into adulthood revealed that individuals with a genetic vulnerability in the serotonin transporter gene (the s/s genotype) were __________.
A. more likely than individuals without such a vulnerability (the l/l genotype) to be depressed as adults, regardless of the level of maltreatment in childhood B. more likely than individuals without such a vulnerability (the l/l genotype) to be depressed as adults, but only when child maltreatment was likely to have occurred C. equally likely to be depressed in adulthood as individuals without such a vulnerability (the l/l genotype) when both had a history of severe maltreatment D. depressed from childhood through adulthood
Cronbach's รก is a statistic used to quantify which measure of reliability?
A. test-retest reliability B. internal consistency C. interrater reliability D. discriminant validity
What area of the brain has been shown to be active in hypnotized research participants who were listening to a target sentence?
A. right anterior cingulate B. amygdala C. hippocampus D. lateral geniculate nucleus E. prefrontal cortex