A Researcher Administers a New Personality Test to 20 College

question 44

Multiple Choice

A researcher administers a new personality test to 20 college students.Six months later she readministers the test and finds that her results are not at all consistent with those gathered at the first test administration.The researcher's test has a problem of:

• A) validity
• B) reliability
• C) probability
• D) replicative credibility

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Definitions:

Psychological

Psychological refers to anything related to the mind or mental processes, encompassing aspects of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning in individuals or groups.

Exclusion

The act or process of deliberately leaving someone out from a group or an activity, often having significant psychological impacts on the excluded individual.

Collectivism

A social and cultural principle that prioritizes the group over individual interests, emphasizing interdependence, cooperation, and shared goals.

Natural Selection

A process in evolution by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive longer and transmit more of their genetic characteristics to succeeding generations.