Sarah has not seen her uncle in three years. She is shocked when she finally does see him at a Thanksgiving dinner she is hosting because he is so changed. He has lost a lot of teeth and looks about 20 years older. He seems anxious and depressed, even paranoid. She is further upset when she realizes he has stolen a large amount of cash from her dresser. Sarah suspects he has a substance use
disorder. Use of what substance would most likely cause all of what Sarah has observed?
a. Methamphetamine
b. Cocaine
c. Ecstasy
d. Marijuana
a
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a. surgency b. positive affectivity c. negative affectivity d. inhibition
Webster loves playing any game in which he can show off the large vocabulary that he has acquired. A competent psychologist would suggest that this skill provides the BEST example of:
A. crystallized intelligence. B. postconventional thought. C. fluid intelligence. D. preconventional thought.
Paulo reassessed his patient three times within a two-week period in order to confirm his diagnosis. What assessment procedure is demonstrated here?
A. split-half reliability B. test-retest reliability C. etiological validity D. interrator reliability
Dependability is to reliability as confirmability is to ______.
A. reliability B. external validity C. objectivity D. internal validity