Dr. Ahmad is developing a new objective personality test by appealing to "authorities" in the field to verify the validity of each item. This strategy for test construction is best labeled
a. empirical criterion keying.
b. factor analytic.
c. authoritarian.
d. content validation.
D
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a. Depression and mania b. Generalized anxiety and agoraphobia c. Obsessive compulsive disorder and persistent depressive disorder d. Panic Disorder and agoraphobia e. Mania and persistent depressive disorder
Much evidence supports the theory that children's acquisition of grammar is guided by innate mechanisms. Which of the following does NOT support this theory?
a. Children sometimes imitate adult speech. b. Only humans learn grammar readily. c. Regions of the brain are specialized for processing language. d. There is a critical period for learning language.
For most individuals, signs of aging, such as having gray hair, appear in their ____
a. 20s b. 30s c. 40s d. 50s
Drugs that can distort the prenatal organism's physical development are called ___________
a. mutagens b. teratogens c. controlled substances d. congenital defectors