After an employer hires fifty widget wirers for the new plant, she gives them all the Widget Wiring Skills Test
If she later correlates scores on the test with the average daily production of widgets by the wirers, she would be assessing the ________ of the test.
a. content validity
b. internal consistency
c. criterion-related validity
d. split-half reliability
Answer: c. criterion-related validity
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Allport's major work on the _____ has been of vital importance in the development of the field of cognitive neuroscience
a. expression of emotions c. concept of inferiority b. role of genetics d. pleasure principle
Lillian is considering going to a psychotherapist but has a fear that a male therapist might engage in sexual behavior with her. Then she reads the ethical principles of the national psychiatry, psychology, and social work organizations and finds that ___
a. all professional organizations condemn and prohibit sexual behavior between therapist and client b. none of the organizations directly condemns or prohibits sexual behavior between therapist and client c. social work condemns sexual behavior between therapist and client, but psychiatry and psychology have taken no position on this issue d. psychiatry and psychology condemn sexual behavior between therapist and client, but social work has taken no position on this issue
Sound energy relating to the loudness of a sound is usually expressed in
a. cycles per second. b. pitch. c. decibels. d. centimeters per linear foot.
Structuralists are to the contents of the mind as functionalists are to the:
a. psychology of the mind b. function of the mind c. neurology of the mind d. philosophy of the mind