In the Administration of Multiple Item Scales, "Response Set" Refers

question 29

Multiple Choice

In the administration of multiple item scales, "response set" refers to:

• A)the tendency for some people to agree or disagree with statements regardless of their content.
• B)the tendency for people to become anxious if they have to repeat a "yes" or a "no" response all of the time.
• C)the total score of a person's responses that is achieved by summing up his or her individual responses.
• D)the misperception of a question or statement owing to a perceptual set.

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Definitions:

Chronic Depressive Disorder

A persistent form of depression characterized by a depressed mood more days than not, for at least two years.

Delusions

Fixed false beliefs that are resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact, commonly observed in psychiatric conditions.

Hallucinations

Perceptions that occur without an external stimulus, but which have the compelling sense of reality of true perceptions.

Agoraphobia

Anxiety disorder characterized by fear of places and situations in which it would be difficult to escape, such as enclosed places, open spaces, and crowds.