If a test is found to have poor test-retest reliability
a. using this test as a measure of performance in a repeated measures design is not advisable.
b. participants tested on successive occasions will not receive the same scores on the test.
c. sources of the change in participants' scores on the test cannot be determined.
d. all of these
D
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John observed Gracie, an executive for a large accounting firm, behave in an aggressive and pushy manner with her subordinates. John now believes that most women executives are aggressive and pushy with their subordinates. John's overestimation of the link between women executives and the social traits of "pushy" and "aggressive" is referred to as
a. an illusory correlation. b. a contravened stereotype. c. a heuristic overbias. d. a self-serving attribution.
Piaget believed that cognitive development precedes language development.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Compared to those who score low on loneliness scales, people who score high on these scales tend to
A. have just as many friends. B. spend just as much time around other people. C. enter social encounters expecting that things will not go well. D. form just as good a first impression.
The "entity" being studied in research, whether a neuron, a person, a class, or a town, is best referred to as a(n) ____
a. participant b. unit of analysis c. outcome d. observational target