When a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure, the test has __________.
A. reliability
B. discriminative power
C. statistical power
D. validity
Answer: D
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a. Researchers study women more often than men. b. Psychologists typically do not conduct research with people who are economically poor or with people of color. c. Psychologists have paid too much attention to research topics relevant to women (e.g., pregnancy) and too little attention to research topics relevant to men (e.g., aggression). d. Most people are not especially interested in gender as a variable.
Suicide methods of those suffering from schizophrenia are often ____
a. violent and bizarre b. hanging c. drowning d. poisoning
Which type of consciousness involves passing through five different states of differing levels of consciousness?
a. altered states c. coma b. automatic processes d. sleep
Victims of rape generally experience feelings of anxiety and helplessness within a few weeks of the experience of rape. This kind of anxiety response is diagnosed as
a. acute stress disorder. c. generalized anxiety. b. post-traumatic stress disorder. d. conversion disorder.