Mr. and Mrs. Thompson took their son Peter to a psychologist and were told that he was learning disabled. They later went to a psychiatrist for a second opinion and were told that Peter was mentally retarded. This demonstrates the problem of

a) high validity.
b) stigmatization.
c) unreliability.
d) lack of validity.


c

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