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itsmyluck

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on: Jun 21, 2018
Face validity can sometimes be detrimental to research. Give an instance/example of when this might be the case.
 
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Female embryos that are prenatally exposed to an excess of androgen develop into __________, and are born with either masculine genitals or ambiguous genitalia.
 
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momo1250

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The assessment device is intended to measure something the person being assessed would find undesirable to admit or threatening. For example, if a researcher wants to measure problem drinking, a participant might not want to admit this. In these cases, the test developer usually tries to obscure the measure's face validity.

Answer to Question 2

androgenized females


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