Why Was the Life Orientation Test (LOT) Revised

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why was The Life Orientation Test (LOT) revised?

• A) Adequate construct validity was not established.
• B) It measured the same construct as the ASQ.
• C) People who scored highly on the LOT also scored highly on the HOPE scale.
• D) It overlapped with the construct of neuroticism.

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Definitions:

Sex Hormones

Chemical substances that serve as messengers affecting the function of specific target organs responsible for secondary sex characteristics and reproductive activity.

Steroids

A class of lipids that have a basic structure consisting of four linked carbon rings, and include many hormones, alkaloids, and vitamins.

Terpenes

A large and diverse class of organic compounds, produced primarily by plants, that are the major components of essential oils.

Isoprene

A common organic compound with the formula C5H8, used as the monomer unit in the natural synthesis of rubber and other terpenes.