Why is the question "Why?" to be avoided in interviews?
a. It is too open-ended and is ineffective in gathering needed information.
b. It demands that interviewees explain their behavior and may be perceived as judgmental.
c. It encourages interviewees to launch long explanations rather than addressing real issues.
d. People are generally not very good at analyzing "why" questions to explain specific behaviors.
b
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Mark has constructed a test to measure adolescents' creativity. After administering the test many times with different groups of adolescents, Mark found that the test consistently measured adolescents' ability to solve math problems. This test is
a. valid, but not reliable. b. neither valid nor reliable. c. neither generalizable nor valid. d. reliable, but not valid.
While Lynn is trying to read a book, her daughter Jennifer is listening to loud music in the same room. In order for Lynn to concentrate on her book, she needs to employ
a. divided attention. b. processing capacity. c. short-term memory. d. selective attention.