A child's diagnosis of conduct disorder should reflect his or her current level of misbehavior. The validity that refers to whether test or interview results relate to important present features or characteristics is known as

a. concurrent validity.
b. predictive validity.
c. content validity.
d. construct validity.


a

Psychology

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It would be better to use an algorithm, rather than a heuristic, to solve a problem:

a. when there are an infinite number of possible solutions b. when a solution to the problem must be found quickly c. when it is necessary to produce an answer that is extremely precise d. when the problem is an ill-defined problem with no end goal

Psychology

When you cannot retrieve a memory because you are using the wrong probe, you are experiencing ____

a. ?cue-dependent forgetting b. ?asynchrony failure c. ?probe misalignment d. ?interference

Psychology

Erin is 8-years-old. According to Erikson, she's in the industry versus inferiority stage. In order to successfully navigate this stage, Erin will need to:

a. develop a sense of trust with a caregiver. b. master potty training. c. master the tasks and challenges of being an 8-year-old. d. model the behavior of her parents.

Psychology

Researchers have found that despite the number of color names in a language, the basic abilities to perceive color are unchanged. This finding would be troublesome for the theory of _____

a) the idealized prototype. b) bottom-up processing. c) deep structure elaboration. d) linguistic relativity.

Psychology