PSYC Chapter 6
Ecological validity refers to a judgement regarding how well a test measures what it purports to
measure
A) but only in a specified environment.
B) but only in a specified environment and within certain frequency limits.
C) at the time and place that the variable being measured is actually emitted.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅C) at the time and place that the variable being measured is actually emitted.
A study of the ecological validity of a test is likely to be conducted
A) by a researcher interested in learning about behavior that occurs at a specific time and place.
B) only during the season that the targeted behavior occurs if the targeted behavior is seasonal in
nature.
C) in an environment that is similar to one in which the targeted behavior will naturally occur.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅C) in an environment that is similar to one in which the targeted behavior will naturally occur.
After a live performance of Justin Bieber, the tweets of his die-hard fans on Twitter can be expected
to reflect _____ error.
A) a leniency
B) a generosity
C) Both leniency and generosity are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅C) Both leniency and generosity are correct.
Gonsalvez and Crowe (2014) concluded that psychotherapy supervisors' judgments of supervisees'
competence are
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,A) compromised by leniency errors.
B) compromised by severity errors.
C) reasonably accurate given subsequent ratings.
D) unreliable in the light of subsequent ratings. -
✅A) compromised by leniency errors.
To improve raters' judgments of competency, Gonsalvez and Crowe (2014) recommended that
A) at least three raters be used.
B) specific competencies be evaluated.
C) all raters be certified as competent themselves.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅B) specific competencies be evaluated.
Prior to the development of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire, research on
worry had shown that the act of worrying can lead to
A) positive outcomes.
B) negative outcomes.
C) Both positive outcomes and negative outcomes are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅C) Both positive outcomes and negative outcomes are correct.
A review of existing measures of individual differences in worry suggested to the authors of the
Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire that none of the measures were made to
distinguish people's tendency to worry
A) about things with momentous consequences versus those with trivial consequences.
B) about things coming up in the future versus things one had done in the past.
C) in an ideal-based fashion from a reality-based fashion.
D) constructively from their tendency to worry unconstructively. -
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, ✅D) constructively from their tendency to worry unconstructively.
The reason the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire was developed was
A) to capture both diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct.
B) to learn if the worrying life cycle can help minimize or prevent worrying in the future.
C) Both to capture diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct and to learn if the
worrying life cycle can help minimize or prevent worrying in the future are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅A) to capture both diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct.
The first step in developing the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire was
A) defining the construct to be measured.
B) the creation of an item pool.
C) identifying a subject pool of worriers.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅B) the creation of an item pool.
To ensure the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire had acceptable content validity,
the items would need to
A) adequately sample the variety of characteristics of worry.
B) reflect content specified in Alfred E. Neuman'sElements of Worry.
C) total no more than 20 for each of the two variables.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅A) adequately sample the variety of characteristics of worry.
The initial version of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire contained _____
items, and each of these items was checked to ensure that they were _____ and concise.
A) 80; relatively equal in difficulty
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Ecological validity refers to a judgement regarding how well a test measures what it purports to
measure
A) but only in a specified environment.
B) but only in a specified environment and within certain frequency limits.
C) at the time and place that the variable being measured is actually emitted.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅C) at the time and place that the variable being measured is actually emitted.
A study of the ecological validity of a test is likely to be conducted
A) by a researcher interested in learning about behavior that occurs at a specific time and place.
B) only during the season that the targeted behavior occurs if the targeted behavior is seasonal in
nature.
C) in an environment that is similar to one in which the targeted behavior will naturally occur.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅C) in an environment that is similar to one in which the targeted behavior will naturally occur.
After a live performance of Justin Bieber, the tweets of his die-hard fans on Twitter can be expected
to reflect _____ error.
A) a leniency
B) a generosity
C) Both leniency and generosity are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅C) Both leniency and generosity are correct.
Gonsalvez and Crowe (2014) concluded that psychotherapy supervisors' judgments of supervisees'
competence are
1|Page
,A) compromised by leniency errors.
B) compromised by severity errors.
C) reasonably accurate given subsequent ratings.
D) unreliable in the light of subsequent ratings. -
✅A) compromised by leniency errors.
To improve raters' judgments of competency, Gonsalvez and Crowe (2014) recommended that
A) at least three raters be used.
B) specific competencies be evaluated.
C) all raters be certified as competent themselves.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅B) specific competencies be evaluated.
Prior to the development of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire, research on
worry had shown that the act of worrying can lead to
A) positive outcomes.
B) negative outcomes.
C) Both positive outcomes and negative outcomes are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅C) Both positive outcomes and negative outcomes are correct.
A review of existing measures of individual differences in worry suggested to the authors of the
Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire that none of the measures were made to
distinguish people's tendency to worry
A) about things with momentous consequences versus those with trivial consequences.
B) about things coming up in the future versus things one had done in the past.
C) in an ideal-based fashion from a reality-based fashion.
D) constructively from their tendency to worry unconstructively. -
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, ✅D) constructively from their tendency to worry unconstructively.
The reason the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire was developed was
A) to capture both diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct.
B) to learn if the worrying life cycle can help minimize or prevent worrying in the future.
C) Both to capture diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct and to learn if the
worrying life cycle can help minimize or prevent worrying in the future are correct.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅A) to capture both diagnostic and therapeutic value of the worry construct.
The first step in developing the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire was
A) defining the construct to be measured.
B) the creation of an item pool.
C) identifying a subject pool of worriers.
D) None of the answers is correct. -
✅B) the creation of an item pool.
To ensure the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire had acceptable content validity,
the items would need to
A) adequately sample the variety of characteristics of worry.
B) reflect content specified in Alfred E. Neuman'sElements of Worry.
C) total no more than 20 for each of the two variables.
D) All of the answers are correct. -
✅A) adequately sample the variety of characteristics of worry.
The initial version of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire contained _____
items, and each of these items was checked to ensure that they were _____ and concise.
A) 80; relatively equal in difficulty
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