Matt has never been to a professional baseball game, but he has a strong conviction that he wouldn't enjoy going to one. This prediction is known as a(n) ________

Health psychologists asked newly married couples to engage in 30-minute discussions of marital problems. What did the psychologists find when they compared couples who were hostile and negative with those who had more positive conversations?

a. Hostile interactions were associated with immunosuppression. b. Hostile interactions led to a higher rate of colds over the next month. c. Although hostile interactions raised blood pressure, it quickly returned to normal. d. The type of interaction had no demonstrated effect on any aspect of immune system functioning.

In psychological testing,__________refers to the degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure

A) reliability B) variability C) validity D) quality E) Select