Dr. Gonzalez devised a new scale to measure depressive symptoms of Hispanic females. To be sure that his test is actually measuring depressive symptoms, he will have his test group respond to his new instrument and the Beck Depression Inventory, as well as completing a social desirability scale, which should be unrelated to depression. Dr. Gonzalez is ____
a. checking the validity of his measure of depressive symptoms
b. checking the reliability of his measure of depressive symptoms
c. assessing the honesty of his participants
d. pursuing idiographic research
a
Psychology
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a. applied behavior analysis. b. all behavioral therapies. c. psychologists in states where it has not been outlawed. d. no form of therapy; psychologists would not find it ethically justifiable.
Psychology
Simple and complex are the two major categories of
A) epilepsy. B) partial seizures. C) generalized seizures. D) convulsions. E) automatisms.
Psychology