Past behavior guides future responses through 2 processes. Well-practiced behaviors in constant contexts recur because the processing that initiates and controls their performance becomes automatic. Frequency of past behavior then reflects habit…
Papers in Assessment and Evaluation
Assessment and Evaluation papers in Psychology, H
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Bourdieu confuses himself & others by calling his project a 'transcendence' of the objectivist-subjectivist antinomy. Contrary to claims, Bourdieu's methodology & theoretical premises are directly opposed to phenomenological social constructivism,…
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The literature on interference in the Stroop Color-Word Task, covering over 50 years and some 400 studies, is organized and reviewed. In so doing, a set ofl 8 reliable empirical findings is isolated that must be captured by any successful theory of…
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Humans are able to monitor their actions for behavioral conflicts and performance errors. Growing evidence suggests that the error-related negativity (ERN) of the event-related cortical brain potential (ERP) may index the functioning of this…
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Instrumental conditioning has been implicated in persistence at slot machine gambling, but its specific role remains unclear. Dopamine (DA) mediates aspects of instrumental responding, and D2 antagonists reliably alter this process. This study…
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(from the preface) Over the past 3 decades the field of clinical psychology has periodically been reviewed in large tomes in multi-author editions. Indeed, the senior editor of the present work has been involved in three such projects, published in…
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In order to understand gender differences in body image, it is first necessary to consider what the differences actually are and how they manifest themselves in men and women. Therefore, this chapter begins with a selective overview of the most…
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Professionals as well as students in industrial and organizational psychology and organizational behavior will profit from what is in this and the three previous volumes of this book.
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Psychology has long been enamored of the dark side of human existence, rarely exploring a more positive view of the mind. What has psychology contributed, for example, to our understanding of the various human virtues? Regrettably, not much. The…
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Preface xiii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Organization of the Handbook 1 Role of the Clinician 3 Patterns of Test Usage in Clinical Assessment 5 Evaluating Psychological Tests 10 Validity in Clinical Practice 22 Clinical Judgment 25 Phases in Clinical…
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An innovative resource for materials properties, their evaluation, and industrial applications The Handbook of Materials Selection provides information and insight that can be employed in any discipline or industry to exploit the full range of…
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Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book. Has the Grameen…
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This article considers a practice in scientific communication termed HARKing (Hypothesizing After the Results are Known). HARKing is defined as presenting a post hoc hypothesis (i.e., one based on or informed by one's results) in one's research…
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Canadian courts are hearing an increasing number of allegations based on historical incidents. In most cases, complainants or witnesses report remembering the alleged offense continuously since its occurrence. In other cases (e.g., R. v. François,…
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For many years now there has been a growing frustration with the statistics of head and neck cancer. Despite the many advances in diagnosis and therapy, there has been little change in the prognosis for most cancers of the head and neck in the last…
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Driver distraction and inattention are prominent causes of automotive collisions. To enable driver-assistance systems to address these problems, we require new sensing approaches to infer a driver's focus of attention. In this paper, we present a…
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This study examined organizational levers that impact work-family experiences, participant health, and subsequent turnover. Using a sample of 179 women returning to full-time work 4 months after childbirth, we examined the associations of 3 job…
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While studies link posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to substance use disorders (SUDs), little is known about the health and functional status of patients with such comorbidity. This study examined the health and well being of SUD patients with…
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Objectives. We evaluated whether ethnicity and language are associated with diabetes care for Latinos in managed care. Methods. Using data from 4685 individuals in the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study, a multicenter study…
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether elderly patients who are black or from poor neighborhoods receive worse hospital care than other patients, taking account of hospital effects and using validated measures of quality of care. DESIGN: We compare quality…
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