A group of researchers wanted to determine whether children behave more aggressively after watching violent television programming. Half the children in the study watch a violent television show; the other children watch a nonviolent television program. In this study, the control group is:
a. the children who watch the violent show
b. the children who watch the nonviolent program
c. the children who behave the most aggressively at the end of the study
d. all the children who take part in the study
B
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a. germinal, fetal, embryonic. b. embryonic, fetal, germinal. c. germinal, embryonic, fetal. d. fetal, germinal, embryonic.
A researcher develops a 20-question test to measure anxiety and administers it to a group of participants. To evaluate the reliability of the test, the researcher computes a score for the first 10 questions and a score for the last 10 questions for each participant and then computes the correlation between the two scores. What is the researcher measuring?
a. split-half reliability b. internal reliability c. test-retest reliability d. inter-rater reliability
Lester is very nervous about attending an Ivy League school. He isn't sure he can handle the work required. Lester seems to have:
a. low self-efficacy b. high self-efficacy c. an internal locus of control d. an external locus of control
Moral anxiety results when the ego is overwhelmed by threats of punishment from the
a. id. b. superego. c. ideal self. d. real self.