The Beck Depression Inventory Is a Scale Intended to Measure

question 51

Multiple Choice

The Beck Depression Inventory is a scale intended to measure depression levels, with higher scores indicating higher levels of depression.If the Beck test is a valid measure of depression, we would expect that:

• A) the results of the inventory could not be consistently replicated.
• B) a person's score on the inventory would not be related to his or her level of depression.
• C) people who get higher scores on the inventory would be more depressed than people who get lower scores.
• D) people who get lower scores on the inventory would be more depressed than people who get higher scores.

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Definitions:

Locus of Causality

The perceived source of control over events in an individual's life, internal or external to oneself.

Counterfactual Thinking

The psychological process of imagining alternative outcomes to events that have already occurred, often starting with "what if" questions.

Olympic Bronze Medalists

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Overconfidence

A cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are more capable or knowledgeable than they actually are.