Chapter 3 - Strengths Flashcards
Agape
a spiritual love that reflects selflessness and altruism
Construct Validity
The extent to which a scale measures the underlying attributes it intends to measure. Construct validity can be achieved by comparing your measure to other measures that assess a similar construct.
“the degree to which a test measures what it claims, or purports, to be measuring.” In the classical model of test validity, construct validity is one of three main types of validity evidence, alongside content validity and criterion validity. IF what is measures doesn’t actually match what trying to measure it fails construct validity.
Reliability
The ability of a scale to produce consistent and reliable results over a number of administrations or after the passage of time.
Tools that measure a given variable reliably and has test-retest reliability.
Test-retest reliability is a measure of reliability obtained by administering the same test twice over a period of time to a group of individuals. The scores from Time 1 and Time 2 can then be correlated in order to evaluate the test for stability over time. test measures variables accurately.
Internal Validity
Internal validity has to do with confirming that a causal relationship you’ve found between your variables is actually real. Internal Validity is the approximate truth about inferences regarding cause-effect or causal relationships. Thus, internal validity is only relevant in studies that try to establish a causal relationship.
External Validity
External validity is the validity of generalized (causal) inferences in scientific research, usually based on experiments as experimental validity. In other words, it is the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.
Validity
The ability of a scale to measure what it is intended to measure
Validity refers to the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure. There are three types of validity. Construct validity, is the degree to which a test measures the construct that it is supposed to measure. The two necessary components of construct validity are convergent and discriminant validity. Content validity refers to whether the items on a measurement represent all aspects of the construct being measured.
Criterion-related validity refers to the degree to which a measurement can accurately predict specific criterion variables. Concurrent validity and predictive validity are the two types of criterion-related validity. In order for a test to be valid, it needs to have construct validity, content validity, and criterion-related validity. So, the next time someone comes in your office for an assessment, don’t forget to pull out the test manual and look for evidence of validity.
Construct Equivalence
The extent to which a particular construct or concept has the same definition in two different cultures.
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Criterion Validity
The extent to which scores on a scale can predict actual behavior or performance on another, related measure.
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Emotional Well Being
The extent to which scores on a scale can predict actual behavior or performance on another, related measure.
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Empirically Based
Developed using available research knowledge.
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Flourishing
A term pertaining to individuals who have simultaneously high levels of social, emotional, and psychological well-being.
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Languishing
A term pertaining to individuals who do not have a mental illness but who are low in social, emotional, and psychological well-being.
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Life Satisfaction
A sense of contentment and peace stemming from small gaps between wants and needs.
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Linguistic Equivalence
The extent to which a measure has been appropriately translated from its original language into another; items on the measure must have the same linguistic meaning in both languages, meaning that various idioms, vocabulary, etc. must be examined carefully.
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Metric Equivalence
The extent to which scales of measurement used on various tests are equivalent; one issue with this type of equivalence is even if two scales contain the same metrics visually, different cultures may not use them in an equivalent manner.
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