If You Wanted to Be Able to Predict How Successful

question 32

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to be able to predict how successful you would be at being an engineer, you would take a test that measured your potential for this profession. Which of the following would you be most concerned with?

• A)construct validity
• B)criterion-related validity
• C)internal validity
• D)hypothetical validity

Understand how socioeconomic status impacts education and health care in later life.

Describe various theories related to aging, including stratification, socio-emotional selectivity, and self-theories.

Recognize the importance of remaining actively engaged and the theories supporting this view.

Reflect on the positivity effect and how perception changes with age.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In psychology, the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or pattern of behavior, especially by encouragement or reward.

Behavior

Actions or reactions of an entity or organism, often in response to the environment, showcasing a broad spectrum of activity.

Stimulus

any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

Probability

A mathematical measure of the likelihood of a particular event occurring, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.