What is the tendency of some test takers to provide or choose answers that are perceived to be most acceptable or that present the test taker in a favorable light called?

a. Social desirability
b. Social acquiescence
c. Social faking
d. Social responding


a. Social desirability

Psychology

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a. competition. b. division of labor. c. in-group attitudes. d. out-group attitudes.

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A) love B) belonging C) safety D) esteem E) Select

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a. record the electrical activity of individual neurons. b. induce the secretion of neurotransmitters from neurons. c. record the neural activity of particular brain regions. d. localize receptors within brain tissue sections. e. electrically stimulate neurons.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology