Dr. Liu developed a new measure of fear of crime. His conceptual definition was: The degree of emotional, behavioral, or mental response to a real or imagined theft of property or attack on one's person or family members
He then developed one question for a survey to measure his concept: "Do you lock your car doors when you park to go shopping?" What is the MAJOR problem with his measure?
A) reliability
B) content validity
C) face validity
D) internal validity
E) representative validity
B
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Which of the following is not an area that unions have improved?
A. keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States B. health insurance C. pension plans D. vacation and paid leave time
When the therapist becomes triangulated between the family and school it serves as a(n) ______________ to collaboration. a. facilitator. b. obstacle
c. neutralizer. d. a and b. e. none of the above.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Social workers can break confidentiality in the case they have a duty to warn an individual who has been threatened with harm by their client.
A young adult is arrested for attempted burglary (not in California). It
is his first offense for that, but he had been arrested several times as a juvenile for possession of small quantities of heroin. It is discovered that he attempted the burglary to get money to buy heroin. What would you recommend? A. Imprisonment to the full extent of the law with no possibility for probation, as there should be zero tolerance for his drug-related crime B. Treatment for acute psychosis, as he never would have committed the burglary if heroin had not damaged his rational thinking ability C. Imprisonment for the burglary and treatment for the heroin addiction, with the possibility for probation D. A stern warning but not imprisonment for the attempted burglary and treatment for the heroin addiction