As part of the personnel screening process of job applicants, a personality psychologist has been asked by the personnel manager of a chain of department stores to help evaluate a personality test measuring assertiveness to make sure it is not measuring aggressiveness. To do this, the personality psychologist gives the two tests to the potential employees and then observes their verbal responses during a training situation in which customers are highly persistent in demanding that they be given their money back for a jacket purchased at the store, even though it is obvious that the jacket has been worn several times. This example illustrates an attempt to establish the _______ of the test of assertiveness.

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The example illustrates an attempt to establish the discriminate validity of the test of assertiveness, ensuring it measures assertiveness and not aggressiveness.

As Part of the Personnel Screening Process of Job Applicants