Scores on intelligence tests predict some behaviors well, like people's grades in school, but not how well they will function in interacting with others. This means that when predicting interpersonal functioning, intelligence tests scores have low
a. convergent validity.
b. external validity.
c. divergent validity.
d. construct validity.
Ans: d. construct validity.
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a. behavioral b. psychodynamic c. social-cognitive d. humanistic
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a. Ginger, who is a behaviorist b. Gilligan, who is a social learning theorist c. Thurston, who is a Freudian theorist d. Mary Ann, who is a Piagetian theorist
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a. compensatory intervention b. intestinal fortitude c. a hierarchical model d. creativity
Prosocial television programming has lead to increased ____________ in early middle
childhood. a. racial tolerance b. willingness to exercise c. obesity d. aggression