Systematic (I.e., Non-Random) Error Is Associated With

question 86

Multiple Choice

Systematic (i.e., non-random) error is associated with:

• A) Reliability problems
• B) Validity problems
• C) Homogeneous test items
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Ego

Ego, in Freudian psychology, is the component of the personality that is conscious, regulates behavior, and mediates between individual desires and the demands of reality.

Impulse

A sudden, involuntary urge to perform an action, often without premeditation.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that suggests the driving force of behavior is the desire to maximize pleasure and avoid pain, guiding the id aspect of personality.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.