Lauren validated her selection battery and found a validity coefficient of .74. Later, her selection battery yielded a validity coefficient of .67 when she used a different sample of participants. This drop in the validity coefficient is an example of:

Which of the following is one of the seven primary mental abilities proposed by Louis Thurstone?

a) numerical ability b) creativity c) problem-solving ability d) retrieval ability

According to realistic group conflict theory, white people should show the most prejudice against minority groups when ____

a. they have had little to contact with them b. the economy is doing poorly, and whites feel as though they are competing with minorities for a scarce supply of jobs c. the economy is doing well, and whites feel that minorities are getting jobs that they don't deserve d. whites feel as though minorities are not trying hard enough to get jobs and play a role in the economy