You walk into class to take a psychology test and find that it includes a number of calculus problems. Based on your knowledge of psychological testing, you conclude this test lacks
a) reliability.
b) content validity.
c) construct validity.
d) predictive validity.
B
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Which statement about the DSM-5's criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia is accurate?
a. A diagnosis requires recent deterioration in functioning. b. The chief characteristic of the disorder is uncontrollable emotions. c. The criteria are based on subjective judgments, not objective behaviors. d. The patient must be delusional to be diagnosed with schizophrenia.
According to the article Over the Hill about the Betula study of adult cognition, if an adult has a z score of zero for a measure of episodic memory, that person:
(a) is average (b) does not remember anything (c) has scored lower than anyone else in the study (d) is in the lowest 34% of the population for the measure of episodic memory
Which child is MOST at risk for being a victim of bullying?
A. Alice, an overweight female who angers easily B. Chad, an athletic male who plays football C. Ben, an intelligent male with a large group of friends D. Marsha, an attractive female on the track team
________ is the tendency to seek out and give greater weight to information that supports one's initial hypothesis and to ignore contradictory information that supports alternative hypotheses or solutions.
A. A mental set B. Confirmation bias C. Representativeness heuristic D. Functional fixedness