When experts meet to rate how essential each test question is to the test, their data can be used to provide evidence of validity by calculating a
a. correlation coefficient.
b. content validity ratio.
c. mean rating.
d. frequency table of ratings.
b. content validity ratio.
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Which of the following early pioneers of psychology was a poor student and was required to repeat a grade?
a. Fechner b. von Helmholtz c. James d. Wundt e. Titchener
Amy is a scientist attempting to answer the question: "Are children influenced by sexual messages on television?". She is most likely a theorist from the ____
a. behavioral school of thought c. social learning school of thought b. humanist school of thought d. sociological school of thought
Activation of specific receptors by stimuli is called ________
a) perception b) sensation c) adaptation d) habituation
Social learning theorists differ from behaviorists in that social learning theorists:
a. only focus on behavior in response to environmental stimuli and behaviorists focus on the mental activity that can accompany behavior. b. are happier people, whereas behaviorists respond negatively to bells in their environment. c. focus on the mental activity that can accompany behavior and behaviorists only focus on behavior in response to environmental stimuli. d. believe that most learning occurs in large groups of people.