Describe the four (4) theories of personality and what it contritbutes to each personality?
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1. Which of the following is true of variables?
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Variables only need conceptual definitions. |
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Variables are the same as constants. |
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All variables can be manipulated. |
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Some variables can be either manipulated or measured. |
QUESTION 2
When evaluating causal claims, which of the following questions assesses internal validity?
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How well did the experiments manipulate the variables? |
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To what populations can we generalize this claim? |
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Are the groups large enough to find a significant difference? |
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Does the study establish temporal precedence? |
QUESTION 3
RESEARCH STUDY 3.4: Dr. Chang, a cognitive psychologist,
conducts an experiment examining the effect of emotion on memory.
He provides lists of 15 words to two groups of participants at his
university. He puts the names of all the participants in a hat. The
first 20 names he assigns to Group A and the last 20 he assigns to
Group B. Group A is given a list of words that are very emotional
in content (e.g., passion, murder). Group B is given a list of
words that are neutral in content (e.g., houseplant, desk). He then
measures how many words each group is able to remember after being
distracted for 5 minutes by watching a video about the history of
the university. He finds that Group A remembers 15% more words than
Group B.
Which of the following is the independent variable in Dr. Kang’s
study?
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the length of the distractor task |
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the emotional or neutral content of the words |
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the number of words on the list |
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d. |
the number of words remembered |
QUESTION 4
An association claim is made by which of the following statements?
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“Dog traveled 500 miles to find its owners.” |
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“Owning a dog is related to higher life satisfaction.” |
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“Being visited by dogs in the hospital causes decreases in recovery time.” |
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“A majority of Americans like dogs.” |
QUESTION 5
Dr. Hadden wants to conduct a study that will allow her to make claims that apply to all college students. Which of the following validities is she prioritizing?
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the construct validity of the study |
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the external validity of the study |
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the internal validity of the study |
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the statistical validity of the study |
QUESTION 6
RESEARCH STUDY 3.3: Jose and his friends are discussing a study
he read about in his developmental psychology class. In the study,
the researcher made the claim that most middle school students who
are bullied have low self-esteem. Clarissa questions the study,
saying, “I am not sure that I am convinced. I am not sure you can
really measure being bullied.” Quinn also questions the study,
saying, “Which middle school students did they study? I am curious
if they included both private and public school students.” Manish
also is curious about the study, asking, “I wonder how strong the
relationship is between bullying and self-esteem. Could you predict
one from the other?”
Clarissa’s concern is addressing which of the following?
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the study’s construct validity |
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the study’s internal validity |
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the study’s external validity |
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the study’s statistical validity |
QUESTION 7
Luke wants to make a causal claim in his dissertation. Which of the following is necessary?
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He must manipulate all of his variables. |
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He must conduct an experiment. |
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He must measure all of his variables. |
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He must make a frequency claim first. |
QUESTION 8
A common finding in the study of aggression is that exposure to television is associated with increased aggressive behavior in children. You are curious as to whether peer pressure is really to blame (peer pressure encourages you to watch television and peer pressure encourages you to be aggressive). You are questioning which of the following criteria of causation?
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the criterion of temporal precedence |
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the criterion of external validity |
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the third-variable criterion |
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the criterion of covariance |
QUESTION 9
RESEARCH STUDY 3.5: Alison reads the following headline on an
online article: “If You’re Sexist, People Will Think You’re Racist,
and Vice Versa.” (This headline is based on a study conducted by
Sanchez and colleagues, 2017.) This study found that members of
stigmatized groups are threatened by prejudice directed at other
stigmatized groups. Their results showed that White women can be
threatened by racism, and men of color threatened by sexism, and
that these perceptions made participants expect unfair
treatment.
The results of this study can be generalized to which of the
following groups?
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African American women |
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b. |
Individuals receiving unfair treatment |
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All minority groups |
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d. |
White women and African American men |
QUESTION 10
RESEARCH STUDY 3.2: Dr. Incera makes the following claim:
“Watching television leads people to spend less time communicating
with their spouses, study says.” Dr. LaSalle makes the claim:
“Research shows that making more money correlates with spending
less time talking with your spouse.”
Which type of claim is Dr. Incera making?
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association claim |
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b. |
frequency claim |
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c. |
causal claim |
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d. |
anecdotal claim |
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1. What can you conclude from the similarity between and among white-collar and street criminals?
2. Should criminologists expect meaningful differences in the life course of offenders?
3. Should policy makers ensure different or similar treatment in he criminal process?
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Part 1 of 3: Describe how strategic design of work tasks can improve an organization? Cite at least one scholarly resource in APA format.?
Part 2 of 3: The courts have recognized task-based job analysis as useful to prevent unfair discrimination. Some HR professionals worry that competency-based approaches are more susceptible to stereotyping and bias. From an employee’s perspective, would you prefer to have a job description and performance appraisal based on a task-focused job analysis or on a competency modeling study? Defend your choice and please conduct research to support it, citing at least one scholarly resource in APA format.
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1. Research does not support the notion of a “midlife crisis.” Yet, both Danny and Virginia, who are in their late 40s, have been having a difficult time emotionally both at work and at home for several months now. Explain why they might be feeling this way, and describe the important role that social relationships might play in their development at this stage of life.
2. Tina and Gary’s children have moved out of the house and they now have time and money to devote to themselves. They are aware that most middle-aged people are healthy and have no functional limitations so they are planning to live their lives to the fullest. What are the health issues that Tina and Gary should be aware of at their age? Discuss some of the steps they can take at this time in their lives to ensure a longer and healthier future.
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