Chapman and Chapman Had University Students and Professional Clinicians Study

question 7

Multiple Choice

Chapman and Chapman had university students and professional clinicians study the relationship between patients' test performances and diagnoses. They found that

• A) if students or clinicians expected a particular association, they perceived it, regardless of whether the data was supportive.
• B) students and clinicians only saw relationships that were indeed supported by the data.
• C) professional clinicians were more accurate than students in assessing relationships.
• D) students and clinicians only recognized positive relationships if the actual correlations were greater than .75.

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