You are part of a team designing a study to see if a given DSM category tends to run in families. Concerned with contributing factors to the onset of a disorder, your team is looking for evidence of __________ validity
a. genetic
b. test-retest
c. reliable
d. etiological
Answer: d.
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Which factor focuses on how original, creative, aesthetically sensitive, knowledgeable, and curious individuals are?
a. Extraversion c. Agreeableness b. Neuroticism d. Openness-to-Experience
Characteristics such as height, weight, and skin color are made up of a ____
a. homogenetic inheritance b. heterogenetic inheritance c. dominant-recessive inheritance d. polygenic inheritance
Retroactive interference of long-term memory means ________
a. old material has eliminated memories of new material b. old material interferes with remembering new material c. new material interferes with remembering old material d. new material represses short-term memories
Wintergreen is a flavoring used in candy in Canada, and in medicine in France. Canadians find the flavor sweet and enjoy it, whereas French people mostly dislike it. This pattern is a good example of what aspect of taste perception?
A. Bottom-up processing B. Variable distribution of taste receptors C. Top-down processing D. Taste categorization