A test predicts performance for two different groups of applicants (e.g., men and women); however, the test predicts the performance significantly better for men than it does for women. This exemplifies:

a. utility
b. single-group validity
c. differential validity
d. known-group validity


c

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What is the probability of rolling a 3 in a single roll of a die?

a. .50 b. 1.0 c. .25 d. .17

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Dr. Miller was lecturing on dopamine as the key neurotransmitter of reward and addiction; her main points were that rats will not press a lever for amphetamines or cocaine if given a drug that ______ dopamine activity, and the same drug will block the rewarding effects of ESB.

A. facilitates B. agonizes C. antagonizes D. modulates

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The three stages of memory IN ORDER are

a. short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory. b. eidetic memory, sensory memory, long-term memory. c. sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. d. short-term memory, working memory, long-term memory.

Psychology