What is validity?

What will be an ideal response?


In the context of diagnosis, validity refers to the extent with which a diagnosis, a classification, provides useful information. If a label provides no meaningful information, if it offers no information with clinical utility, it is not valid.

Psychology

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What is the finding that the likelihood of being helped in an emergency is negatively correlated with the number of people who witness that emergency?

A. urban overload B. bystander effect C. similarity effect D. noticeability effect

Psychology

In basic terms, existentialism is an area of philosophy concerned with

A) interpersonal relationships. B) death and dying. C) the meaning of human existence. D) how we choose religions. E) entrances to other worlds.

Psychology

Jack, who is 9 years old, is curious about his own sex organ. What would a psychologist say that Jack lacks?

A. the understanding that other humans also have sex organs B. the ability to understand what a sex organ is C. the ability to reflect on his behavior related to his sex organ D. the ability to gain pleasure from his sex organ

Psychology

Latency is a stage of development characterized by reaching sexual maturity and the ability to reproduce.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology