Which of these is not a step in the measurement of psychological constructs?
(a) create a pool of items and have people respond
(b) start with a tentative conceptual definition
(c) test the test, that is, assess its reliability and validity
(d) infer causality from the validity correlations, in order to make the test
useful
(e) establish a reference point and unit of measurement
D
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a. the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion. b. the commonsense view of emotion. c. the facial feedback hypothesis. d. the James-Lange theory of emotion.
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a. hypochondriasis. b. anterograde interference. c. dissociative amnesia. d. dissociative interference.
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a. Very few (less than 1%) b. Few (10-15%) c. A moderate amount (35-55%) d. Almost all (95% or more)
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a. children develop higher rates of cancer than young adults. b. children develop more severe types of cancer than older individuals. c. cancer develops early although it is primarily diagnosed in older adults d. smoking usually begins in the college years and it is correlated with lung cancer.