Suppose a professor is discussing a personality test that was designed to test optimism. She says that the test has high validity. From this statement, you know that
a. people who get a low score one week are likely to get a high score the next week.
b. there are significant gender differences on this test.
c. individual differences in optimism can be explained by factors such as hormones and brain structures.
d. the test predicts how optimistic people are, using some other measure of optimism.
D
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A) borderline personality disorder. B) antisocial personality disorder. C) bipolar disorder. D) schizophrenia.
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a. flashbulb memory b. eidetic imagery c. spatial awareness d. a mnemonic