When a college admissions office is trying to predict which students are likely to succeed if they are admitted to that college,
the admissions officers are interested in seeing if there is a relationship between SAT or ACT scores and first year college grades. In this example, the college grades would be the
a. predictor variable.
b. measured variable.
c. confirmatory variable.
d. criterion variable.
d
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a) process by which people take all the sensations they experience at any given moment and interpret them in some meaningful fashion. b) action of physical stimuli on receptors leading to sensations. c) interpretation of memory based on selective attention. d) act of selective attention from sensory storage.
Which of the following parental behaviors is linked to higher rates of altruistic or prosocial behavior in their children?
A) Creating a loving and warm family environment B) Not insisting that children do chores C) Allowing children to set their own curfew D) Attributing children's altruistic behaviors to parental control