Students as a Group Tend to Perform Better on the Second

question 30

Multiple Choice

Students as a group tend to perform better on the second exam. This is similar to ______, which is a threat to validity

• A) experimenter bias
• B) effects of testing
• C) history
• D) mortality

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Personality Structure

The organized pattern of behavioral and emotional characteristics, traits, and processes unique to an individual.

Instincts

The biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals.

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious strategies used by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.