Professor Smith Is Studying Attitudes Toward Gun Control and Plans

question 34

Multiple Choice

Professor Smith is studying attitudes toward gun control and plans to assess support for firearms registration by determining whether or not her research subjects say they would travel to countries where the possession of unlicensed guns is legal.Her critics argue that this measure lacks:

• A) face validity
• B) construct validity
• C) convergent validity
• D) criterion-related validity

Learn problem-solving process stages and the importance of criteria development for solution evaluation.

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Definitions:

John B. Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behaviors over internal phenomena.

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating the actions of others.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that links a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to trigger a conditioned response.

Respondent Behavior

Refers to behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a certain stimulus.