Dr. Vendort has examined the activation of a certain brain region located in the parietal cortex. As indicated using fMRI imaging techniques, this region of the brain activates each and every time a person is asked to draw a picture
Dr. Vendort concludes
that this region of the brain is the location for artistic ability. In a subsequent study
conducted using participants who have suffered brain damage to the same region of the
parietal cortex, as previously mentioned, participants were still able to draw pictures of a
variety of objects. Which of the following can be said about Dr. Vendort's experiment?
A) It is valid, but lacks reliability
B) It indicates validity and reliability
C) It indicates neither validity nor reliability
D) It indicates reliability, but not validity
D
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Efforts to understand the relationship between depression and eating disorders have focused on which of the following depressive symptoms?
a. psychomotor retardation b. sleep disturbances c. low self-esteem d. generalized anxiety
Which of the following is not a type of reliability?
a. criterion reliability b. test/retest reliability c. interrater reliability d. alternate-forms reliability