Content Validity Concerns Whether the Test

question 12

Multiple Choice

Content validity concerns whether the test

• A) measures the theoretical concept it supposedly tests
• B) measures the full range of behaviors represented by the concept
• C) correlates with other valid tests
• D) All of the these are true

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli, resulting in a reaction initially provoked by the second stimulus being eventually provoked by the first stimulus.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Primary Reinforcer

A naturally reinforcing stimulus, such as food or water, that does not require learning to become desirable.

Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect

A phenomenon where behaviors reinforced intermittently are more resistant to extinction than behaviors reinforced continuously.