Why Should We Not Expect a One-To-One Relationship Between Psychological

question 87

Multiple Choice

Why should we not expect a one-to-one relationship between psychological and physical measures of brain functioning?

• A) They cannot measure brain functioning during normal daily activity.
• B) Little is known about the functioning of individual neurons.
• C) Psychological measures have low reliability and validity.
• D) Individuals differ in how well they cope with brain dysfunctions.

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Definitions:

Curvilinear Relationship

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Residual Plot

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Curvilinear Regression

A form of regression analysis in which the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable is modeled as an nth degree polynomial.

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