Dr. Rose gives a standardized personality test to a group of psychology majors in January and again in March. Each individual's score remained nearly the same over the two-month period. From this, Dr. Rose can infer that the test is _____
a. reliable
b. generalizable
c. objective
d. verified
Answer: A
Rationale: As long as an experiment uses sufficiently objective measurements and techniques, and if the original hypothesis was correct, then similar results should be achieved by later researchers who perform the same types of studies.
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The independent variable (s) in a Factorial ANOVA is/are ______, while the dependent variable is ______.
a. Discrete; Discrete b. Continuous; Discrete c. Continuous; Continuous d. Discrete; Continuous
Mary is a graduate student studying to be a psychologist The schooling is quite rigorous, and the academic pressures are high. For some reason, the competition between classmates is intense. Mary's overall attitude, however, is that of a positive outlook. She believes that she will finish school soon and will do well in the process. She also expects that she will learn how to be a successful psychologist. Based on this scenario, Mary seems to demonstrate the quality of _____, which has been shown to somehow buffer the effects of stress and illness.
a) the Type D behavior pattern b) cheerfulness c) optimism d) the Type A behavior pattern