Criterion-Related Validity Is Meaningful When

question 37

Multiple Choice

Criterion-related validity is meaningful when

• A)the predictor is stable.
• B)the criterion is valid and reliable.
• C)the criterion is valid but not necessarily reliable.
• D)the predictor is reliable.

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Definitions:

Retrieval Failure

Occurs when memories are not accessible from long-term storage, often due to a lack of cues or interference from other information.

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition affecting memory, where after the onset of the amnesia, the affected individual is unable to form new memories, though long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or feelings are excluded from conscious awareness.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.