List and Describe Different Types of Validity Checks

question 51

Essay

List and describe different types of validity checks.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, emphasizing the role of reinforcement in shaping behavior.

Shaping

Is a method in behavioral psychology used to gradually teach a new behavior through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Guilty-knowledge Test

A psychological assessment that detects if a person has knowledge only a guilty party could possess, by monitoring physiological responses to specific stimuli.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

A psychological test involving the interpretation of inkblots to analyze a person's emotional state and personality characteristics.