Construct validity

audience. He pleads, “brothers and father, hear the defense that I now make before you” (Acts 22:1). Through this petition, Paul capitalizes on the Jewish man’s desire to be logical and fair and makes a daring argument to be heard. Second, Paul constructs his argument by confirming many of the things he asserts, saying, “the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear witness” (Acts 22:5). In his next move, however, Paul weakens the logos of his speech. Paul abruptly switches from…

Equiano’s narrative was immensely popular, being published in multiple countries, but it’s validity has been recently researched and debated primarily by literary scholar Vincent Caretta, but led the way for many others. “Recollection of the past is always a highly subjective phenomenon, one continually susceptible to modification and distortion”…

Essentially, humans and non-human animals are the same. Each having a life cycle, each possessing the ability to construct homes, each having a form of communication, can feel pain, are intelligent and have a sense of community. These are just some of the traits that humans and non-human animals share. Yet, despite these similarities, as human beings, we dissociate ourselves from our own nature. Thinking that we are “higher” in status, and yes, human beings have evolved, but humans have not…

Kinsey’s research on sexuality playing a huge role. Before individuals thought of homosexuality as something that was very uncommon, and with Kinsey’s research claiming that over 200,000 gays and lesbians existed in the US, people could not deny the validity and commonality of these sexualities. Furthermore, with the increased knowledge on the sheer number of gays and lesbians in the US, the 50’s brought the “dark ages.” These times were characterized by searching for deviants of any kind.…

437358 Dr. Schechter Philosophy of Mind Final Paper Absolute Uncertainties: An Argument in Knowing that we Cannot Absolutely Know Anything One philosophical quandary that’s worth discussing is the certainty of truth and whether humans will ever be able to ascribe absolute certainty to truth and its conditions. In considering both the empirical and theoretical dangers of positing absolute conclusions to complex philosophical questions, I don’t think we’ll ever be able to absolutely reject or…

Such measures might underestimate the efficacy of an intervention that specifically marking particular aspects of memory. Remarkably, researchers are currently accommodating paradigms from basic cognitive neuroscience research that have high construct validity so that they can be easily carry out in scientific experiment (Carter and Barch,…

For the purpose of discussing the identification and categorisation of mental illness, this essay will focus on the chapter of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders (OCRDs) from the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). An emphasis will be placed on hoarding disorder (HD), a newly recognised disorder characterised by the compulsive acquisition of objects, with persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, and significant associated…

In 1971, Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment which tested the behaviors of both prisoners and guards in a simulated prison created by him and his colleagues at Stanford University. In the article written by Dr. Zimbardo, Pathology of Imprisonment, he discusses the process of the experiment and his findings. To begin, Dr. Zimbardo gathered a group of 24 male student volunteers. All of the students that participated in the study received compensation of $15 per day. Each student was…

literate, one must first define the two words which constitute the term. ICT is the technologies that aid the collection, processing or the circulation of information or data. Meanwhile, literacy is the ability to classify, comprehend, interpret, construct, communicate, compute and use written and printed materials connected with different contexts. Literacy requires continuous learning to allow an individual to accomplish goals, to improve knowledge and potentials, and to fully be involved in…

Influences of social media may reinforce our already existing categories. This idea links a lot to stereotypes, categories mean we label the world around us. We then use these to add meaning and context to – which bring us to stereotypes. ‘Perceiver’s construct their own reality and create meaning and add raw data to it’ Fiske and Taylor (1984). An example of the influence of social media has been shown by a longitudinal study by Van Driel & Richardson, (1988). This study looked into the number…