For his doctoral thesis, Darrell is doing research on factors that make it less likely people will exercise and eat properly, and the types of programs that will increase the likelihood people will begin exercising and eating right. Darrell is most likely studying:
a. abnormal psychology
b. health psychology
c. counseling psychology
d. biopsychology
B
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What is the primary goal of psychodynamic therapy as presented in the case of Frances in the textbook?
a. gaining insight into unconscious motivations b. encouraging acceptance of individual responsibility c. changing psychological experience with the use of medication d. applying psychological research to foster learning of new behaviors
According to Baltes, what are the two basic criteria related to expertise and wise performance?
A. factual knowledge and procedural knowledge B. intelligence and factual knowledge C. thoroughness and procedural knowledge D. technical knowledge and theoretical knowledge
To correct for the possibility that a high interrater reliability is actually due to different but consistent ratings from raters, a statistic called ____ can be used
a. counterbalancing b. multiple time series c. Pearson's r d. Cohen's kappa
Histograms and bar graphs are two ways of displaying a ____________
a. frequency distribution b. normal distribution c. measure of central tendency d. standard deviation