What Measurement Instrument Assesses the Extent to Which People Are

question 14

Multiple Choice

What measurement instrument assesses the extent to which people are relatively defensive in their perception of potentially threatening information?

• A) the rejection sensitivity scale
• B) the perceptual defense scale
• C) the perceptual distortion scale
• D) the repression-sensitization scale

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Definitions:

Experiments

Scientific procedures undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Case Studies

In-depth analyses or investigations of particular instances or examples, often used to illustrate a specific point or to explore a phenomenon in detail.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to other settings, populations, or times.

Internal Validity

The extent to which a study is able to produce evidence that its results are caused by the variables it is testing, free from external influence.