The Doctor's office scale yields a weight 5 pounds higher than the actual weight for every patient. The weights produced by this scale have:
a. High reliability and high validity
b. Low reliability and high validity
c. High reliability and low validity
d. Low reliability and low validity
c
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What class of pseudo science research methods will not result in justifiable conclusions?
a. Abductive logic b. Deductive logic c. Logical positivism d. Transductive logic
The micropsychological approach emphasizes:
A. the structural damage caused by drug abuse to the brain. B. the effect of drugs on the brain's information processing. C. both A and B. D. neither A nor B.
Piagetian approaches have influenced how intellectual functioning is measured through the examination of:
A) ?group differences in intelligence. B) ?individual differences in development. C) ?how individuals solve problems when under duress. D) ?impact of heredity on developmental experiences.
One contribution of Adlerian therapy has been an emphasis on:
a. unconscious motivations. b. empirical validation. c. unleashing buried feelings. d. social and psychological factors.