In a study concerning the cues that signal deception, Winston uses the number of times a person shifts in his or her seat as a measure of lying.Virginia points out that people may shift their position because they are nervous about being perceived as a liar, even though they are actually telling the truth.Virginia is questioning the _____ of Winston's measure of lying.

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Virginia is questioning whether Winston's measure is actually measuring what it claims to measure (i.e. lying) or if it is measuring something else (i.e. nervousness). This is an issue of construct validity, which refers to the extent that a measure actually measures the construct it is intended to measure.

In a Study Concerning the Cues That Signal Deception, Winston