Construct validity refers to the extent that a test:
a. can be used to accurately estimate future performance
b. samples broadly across the domain of interest
c. consistently measures the behavior of interest
d. actually taps into a particular theoretical construct
D
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a. receptivity b. yielding c. availability d. same-mindedness
This year's graduation speaker spoke of the graduates' ability to control their future by becoming anything that they wished. The speaker has most probably been influenced by which psychological perspective?
A. behavioral B. cognitive C. humanistic D. psychoanalytic
Gwen has been diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. Which of the following characteristics would she be least likely to possess?
a. A tendency to consume huge quantities of foods in a single sitting b. The use of laxatives or self-vomiting to purge food c. A refusal to maintain body weight in spite of being in an emaciated state d. A feeling of being fat
Schizophrenic problems related to auditory processing and language have been connected to
a. occipital lobe underdevelopment. b. thalamus deterioration. c. poor temporal lobe development. d. ventromedial hypothalamus irregularity.