Dr.Valencia is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer social interactions than those who are not narcissistic.One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not.She decides to use the scale created by a colleague,the Mayo scale.Question 1 reads,"I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads,"I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads,"I think other people think I am really special."

-Dr.Valencia is concerned about the validity of the measure of narcissism recommended by her colleague.She sends a copy of the measure to the faculty members in her psychology department to look at and they all tell her it looks like it will measure narcissism.She now has evidence of which of the following?
A)Content validity
B)Face validity
C)Discriminant validity
D)Concurrent validity

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Dr.Valencia is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer social interactions than those who are not narcissistic.One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not.She decides to use the scale created by a colleague,the Mayo scale.Question 1 reads,"I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads,"I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads,"I think other people think I am really special."

-Dr.Valencia is concerned about the validity of the measure of narcissism recommended by her colleague.She sends a copy of the measure to the faculty members in her psychology department to look at and they all tell her it looks like it will measure narcissism.She now has evidence of which of the following?

-Dr.Valencia is concerned about the validity of the measure of narcissism recommended by her colleague.She sends a copy of the measure to the faculty members in her psychology department to look at and they all tell her it looks like it will measure narcissism.She now has evidence of which of the following?
A)Content validity
B)Face validity
C)Discriminant validity
D)Concurrent validity

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Face validity refers to whether a measure appears to be measuring what it is intended to measure based on a superficial evaluation. In this case, the colleagues in the psychology department reviewed the scale and believed it would measure narcissism, indicating that it has face validity. The other options are not applicable in this scenario - content validity would involve evaluating whether the questions on the scale adequately cover all aspects of narcissism, discriminant validity would involve measuring whether the scale differentiates between narcissism and other personality traits, and concurrent validity would involve evaluating whether the scale performs similarly to other established measures of narcissism.

DrValencia Is Considering Conducting a Study Examining Whether Narcissistic People