A Psychological Test That Measures What We Intend It to Measure

question 143

Multiple Choice

A psychological test that measures what we intend it to measure is said to be __________

• A) valid.
• B) normed.
• C) reliable.
• D) standardized.

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think someone else wants or expects.

Qualitatively Different

Describing a distinction that involves a difference in quality rather than quantity between two or more things.

Children's Thinking

The process by which children make sense of the world around them through learning, understanding, and reasoning; it evolves as they grow, influenced by their experiences and development stages.

Cohort

A group of individuals sharing a significant common characteristic, often utilized in studies to examine specific outcomes over a time period.