The percentage of test takers who respond correctly to a test item is a measure of the item's
a. difficulty.
b. bias.
c. ability to discriminate.
d. item-total correlation.
a. difficulty.
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Adam had always been the problem child of the family, getting in trouble for skipping school and routinely disobeying his parents and their rules for him. His parents arranged a family therapy session, and Adam was surprised to hear the therapist say that:
A) he was not the sole problem, but instead that the family system was broken. B) he was the source of the breakdown in the family dynamics. C) his parents were to blame for his obedience problems. D) it would be best if Adam left the room so that the rest of the family could speak frankly about him.
________ help adolescents identify faulty thoughts and replace them with more realistic ones in order to help adolescents better deal with stress
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
The psychology of unscientific, common-sense psychology is referred to, usually in a derogatory sense, as _______ psychology.
a. folk b. people’s c. superstitious d. vernacular
What appears to be the most effective strategy for helping women who have orgasmic dysfunction to achieve an orgasm?
a. engaging both partners in relationship therapy designed to build empathy and improve communication b. providing psychodynamic counseling to explore the underlying causes of the disorder c. combining education in sexual anatomy, use of sexual fantasies, self exploration, and masturbation d. prescribing medication to enhance arousal and stimulate natural lubrication