What Is True of Most People, Regarding Estimates of Memory

question 108

Multiple Choice

What is true of most people, regarding estimates of memory accuracy?

• A)People underestimate the accuracy of their memory.
• B)People overestimate the accuracy of their memory.
• C)People estimate the accuracy of their memory very inaccurately by either overestimating or underestimating their accuracy.
• D)People estimate the accuracy of their memory fairly accurately.

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Definitions:

B Data

Behavioral data in psychology, which consists of observations about an individual's behavior in natural or staged scenarios, often used for assessing personality.

Face Validity

The degree to which an assessment instrument, such as a questionnaire, on its face appears to measure what it is intended to measure. For example, a face-valid measure of sociability might ask about attendance at parties.

Exploratory Factor Analysis

A statistical technique used to identify potentially underlying variable structures within a set of observed variables without a preconceived structure in mind.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis

A statistical method used to test whether a set of observed variables represents a number of underlying factors.