Most psychologists prefer the Big Five personality model to Eysenck's theory of personality. As it pertains to the role of parsimony in evaluating these theories, the general acceptance of the Big Five model over Eysenck's theory of personality demonstrates the general rule that:
A) the simpler theory is usually preferred.
B) parsimony becomes less important as science advances.
C) it is easier to discredit a more complicated theory.
D) a theory should only become more complex when it needs to be.
D) a theory should only become more complex when it needs to be.
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The psychological goal of understanding behavior is achieved when
a. control over behavior is made possible. b. a careful description of behavior is made. c. psychologists can explain why a behavioral phenomenon occurs. d. empirical evidence is obtained.
Unless the Spearman-Brown is used, split-half reliability values tend to
be a. lower than test-retest values b. higher than test-retest values c. identical with test-retest values (for the same test) d. sometimes higher and sometimes lower, depending on which trait is being measured