A New Personality Test Claims to Measure How Much Two

question 176

Multiple Choice

A new personality test claims to measure how much two people love each other. How could you measure the reliability of the test?

• A) Have couples take the test repeatedly and see whether they keep getting the same score.
• B) Determine whether couples who score high on the test are more likely than others to stay married for at least 10 years.
• C) Give the test to a large random sample of people and calculate the mean and the standard deviation.
• D) Ask a random sample of people whether the items on the test refer to the same thing they mean when they talk about love.

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Definitions:

Brain Region

Specific areas within the brain that are responsible for different functions, such as the hippocampus for memory or the frontal lobes for decision making.

Off-Surround Cell

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Opponent-Process

A theory in psychology that suggests emotions are regulated by mechanisms that operate in opposition to each other, balancing emotional experiences.