What Appears to Be the Role of Biology in the Development

question 36

Multiple Choice

What appears to be the role of biology in the development of bulimia and/or anorexia?

• A) Biology does not play a role.
• B) Biology plays a limited role.
• C) Biology plays a significant role.
• D) biology plays a much stronger role than environment.

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Definitions:

Interrater

An assessment of the degree to which different raters or observers give consistent estimates or judgments of the same phenomenon.

Parallel Forms

A method of reliability testing in which different versions of a test are administered to the same individuals at different times to measure consistency between the forms.

Test-Retest

A reliability measure to assess the consistency of a test over time by administering the same test to the same subjects at two different points in time.

Internal Consistency

A measure of the reliability of a psychological test or survey, based on the average correlation between items on the same test.