Which of the following is included as a subdiscipline by the Association for Psychological Science but not the American Psychological Association?

a. rehabilitation
c. suicide
b. behavioral genetics
d. measurement


B

Psychology

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a. event-contingent self-reports. b. an observational measure. c. a descriptive study. d. signal-contingent self-reports.

Psychology

As discussed in the text, Chinese officials successfully "brainwashed" American prisoners during the Korean War, such that the prisoners' self-concepts and identities were changed. The authors note that one of the main reasons the Chinese were successful was that they ____

a. told the Americans that they were actually Chinese b. put the American prisoners in complete solitary confinement c. separated the American prisoners from one another d. told the Americans that they would never return to the U.S.

Psychology

?Professor Goranson studies the relation between adolescents' self-esteem and the number of close friends they report having. After completing her statistical analyses, Professor Goranson finds that as the number of close friendships increased, adolescents' self-esteem rose moderately. Which correlation coefficient did she likely obtain?

a. ?–0.86 b. ?–0.35 c. ?+0.46 d. ?+0.98

Psychology

In one study, Piaget showed children a row of cups and asked them to place an egg in each. Afterward, Piaget spread the eggs out in a long line that extended beyond the row of cups. Children who were in the __________ stage of cognitive development incorrectly claimed that there were more eggs than cups because the row of eggs was longer than the row of cups.

A. concrete operational B. sensorimotor C. formal operational D. reflexive operational E. preoperational

Psychology