In Creating a Test Designed to Measure Personality Constructs,the Test

question 43

Multiple Choice

In creating a test designed to measure personality constructs,the test developer's first step would BEST be to

• A) determine which items would lead to socially desirable responses.
• B) create a large pool of potential items.
• C) define the construct or constructs being measured.
• D) select a representative sample of testtakers for test tryout.

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Definitions:

Conduction

The process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or electrical potential.

Subduction Zone

A region where one tectonic plate moves under another, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Lithosphere

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, directly involved in plate tectonics and continental drift.

Asthenosphere

A region of the upper mantle of the Earth, below the lithosphere, where rocks are relatively soft and can flow slowly.