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Which organism is a colonial form of green algae?

All organisms that photosynthesize fit into which nutritional category?

Which of the following is true of projective tests?

Now, suppose I hypothesize that my moral judgment measure should positively predict moral behavior. Upon testing this hypothesis, I find that the results support it. What kind of validity do these findings best represent?

Read each option and categorize them into the right type of BLIS data.   A.     Andrew is a clinician. He fills out a personality questionnaire assessing one of his clients after an interview. B.      Eavesdrop uses an electronically activated recorder to gain insight into whether married couples fight more often at the end of the day or the start of the day. C.     Nadia completes a Myers Briggs personality inventory. The scale instructs her to respond to a variety of statements about herself using a Likert-scale. D.     BookFace scrolls through Serena’s social media profile to see how many selfies she’s posted in the last month.   Which of the above examples can be categorized as B data?

A 75-year-old retired teacher presents to your clinic, complaining of severe, unrelenting anterior chest pain radiating to her back. She describes it as if someone is “ripping out her heart.” It began less than an hour ago. She states she is feeling very nauseated and may pass out. She denies any trauma or recent illnesses. She states she has never had pain like this before. Nothing seems to make the pain better or worse. Her medical history consists of difficult-to-control hypertension and coronary artery disease requiring two stents in the past. She is a widow. She denies any alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drug use. Her mother died of a stroke and her father died of a heart attack. She has one younger brother who has had bypass surgery. On examination you see an elderly female in a great deal of distress. She is lying on the table, curled up, holding her left and right arms against her chest and is restless, trying to find a comfortable position. Her blood pressure is 180/110 in the right arm and 130/60 in the left arm, and her pulse is 120. Her right carotid pulse is bounding but the left carotid pulse is weak. She is afebrile but her respirations are 24 times a minute. On auscultation her lungs are clear and her cardiac examination is unremarkable. You call EMS and have her taken to the hospital’s ER for further evaluation. What disorder of the chest best describes her symptoms?

I want to measure how anxious people get when they engage in public speaking. I count the number of times they stammer, blush, or fiddle with their microphone while giving a speech about eating pizza bagels. I use these behaviors as indicators of how anxious my participants got while giving their speech. This is an example of ________.

A 72-year-old teacher comes to your clinic for an annual examination. She is concerned about her risk for peripheral vascular disease and states that there is a place in town that does tests to let her know her if she has this or not. Which of the following disease processes is a risk factor for peripheral vascular disease?

A 57-year-old maintenance worker comes to your office for evaluation of pain in his legs. He has smoked two packs per day since the age of 16, but he is otherwise healthy. You are concerned that he may have peripheral vascular disease. Which of the following is part of common or concerning symptoms for the peripheral vascular system?

The _________ method of objective test construction involves creating items theoretically based on what construct you’re hoping to measure. In contrast, the __________ method of objective test construction involves generating items that lack a theoretical connection to what you’re hoping to measure.