Why is it important for research to be both reliable and valid?
What will be an ideal response?
Results need to be consistent in order to determine that they are genuine from one trial to the next, and valid to ensure that they are measuring what they are supposed to be measuring.
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According to the Monitoring the Future study, low-income black and Hispanic students spent longer hours working outside school than higher-income white and Asian American students, yet were less likely than the latter to show negative outcomes such as substance use and declining grades. Interviews with the students indicated a possible reason for this finding, which is that the low-income students __________.
A. typically seek to earn spending money rather than helping out their families B. were more likely to view both job and school as part of their long-term goals, such as saving money to go to college C. were less mature and hence less likely to get into trouble on the job D. were less able to balance work hours with schoolwork
A disorder that typically follows a very painful event and is characterized by a reliving of that event, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, or numbing of general responsiveness is
a. generalized anxiety disorder. b. conversion disorder. c. panic disorder. d. posttraumatic stress disorder.
The switch from parent as caregiver to child as caregiver best describes
a. the spillover effect. b. authoritarian parenting. c. role reversal. d. a modified extended family.
If Susan shouts racial epithets at an Afro-American family that is attempting to move into a white neighborhood, but claims that she is not prejudiced against Afro-Americans, we would say that her construct system is:
a. consistent b. permeable c. organized d. fragmentized