Ruth has conflicting feelings about getting married that she has not allowed to enter her consciousness. On the night before her wedding, Ruth says, "Tomorrow I'm going to my funeral.". Ruth's comment is an example of a(n)

Psychologists assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the ________ of a test.

a. validity b. reliability c. standardization d. normal distribution e. factor analysis

Research by Halle (1999) found that when given a choice, elementary school children would

choose to play a. with a same-sex child who is a stranger rather than a known child of the opposite sex. b. only with children of the same sex. c. only with children of the opposite sex. d. with a known child of the opposite sex rather than a same-sex child who is a stranger.