Question

Andrea has been experiencing low mood, low energy, and significant weight gain for the last 2 months. She visits three mental health professionals, and each one diagnoses her with Major Depressive Disorder. In actuality, she has a glandular condition called hypothyroidism which causes the same symptoms, but is not caused by a mental disorder. Andrea's experience with the three professionals represents___________

Answer 1

Answer:

High reliability and low validity

Explanation:

Reliability defines consistency in measurement whereby a test such as the example consistently gives similar results which are the symptoms attached to a disease. Validity on the other hand is the extent to which what is measured is actually measured to give accurate results. In the example of above the professionals got highly reliable results as symptoms were consistent but validity was low as what was thought to be the disease wasn't actually the disease.