Taking a Child to See Three Different Psychologists and Receiving

question 13

Multiple Choice

 Taking a child to see three different psychologists and receiving three different diagnoses would be an example of a lack of ____.

• A) convergent validity
• B) discriminant validity
• C) internal consistency
• D) interrater reliability

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Definitions:

McCarthyism

A period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the early 1950s, characterized by Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations and accusations without substantiated evidence.

Totalitarianism

A form of government in which the state holds total authority over society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever possible.

Truman Doctrine

A U.S. foreign policy established in 1947 that aimed to contain the spread of communism through economic and military aid to countries resisting Soviet influence.

Taft-Harley Act

Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, this law restricted the power and activities of labor unions in the United States.