If a Test Has High Content Validity, Then

question 214

Multiple Choice

If a test has high content validity, then

• A) the reliability of the scores is low.
• B) scores on the test are useful for predicting some other behavior.
• C) its questions fairly represent the material the test is supposed to cover.
• D) all groups who take the test get about the same average score.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing unhelpful or distressing thoughts and behaviors.

Growth-Impeding

Factors or conditions that hinder or slow down the natural development or enlargement of an organism, system, or process.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach that explores unconscious drives and conflicts, originated by Sigmund Freud.

Insight Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that aims to increase a patient's awareness of underlying motives and defenses to improve mental health.