In most cases, the pop-psychology tests found in magazines and newspapers:
a. have not been evaluated for their reliability but are valid tests.
b. have not been evaluated for their validity but are reliable tests.
c. have not been evaluated for their validity or reliability.
d. have been evaluated for their validity and reliability.
Answer: c
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a) arbitrary inference. b) overgeneralization. c) minimization. d) selective thinking.
Which of the following briefly describes the classic research on obedience led by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s?
a) having the teacher administer shocks of increasing strength to a learner upon every incorrect response b) asking for $40 when you really only need $10 c) having some college students act as guards and having some act as prisoners in a make-believe prison d) having subjects select which line of three most closely resembles the standard line