Which term describes the extent to which test scores obtained at one time account for variance in criteria obtained at a future time?
A) concurrent validity
B) cross-sectional validity
C) predictive validity
D) criterion validity
Ans: C) predictive validity
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a. Good researchers do not blindly accept theories even when they seem obvious. They use scientific methods to question and examine those theories. b. Research is only as good as the statistics used, so the research design we select is less important than the statistics we use to evaluate our data. c. Research outcomes that are contrary to expectations do not add anything to the science of psychology, and therefore can legitimately be discarded. d. The importance of our own opinion in research should not be underestimated, and it has a legitimate place as we interpret the data that we collect.
The steps to memory can best be described as follows
a. finding it, using it, storing it, using it again. b. putting it in, keeping it in, getting it out. c. sensing it, perceiving it, remembering it, forgetting it. d. a series of passive data files.