RESEARCH STUDY 5.1
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 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."
-Refer to Research Study 5.1 above to answer the following question. 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?

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Face validity refers to whether a measure appears to be measuring what it is intended to measure. In this case, Dr. Valencia's colleagues are indicating that the Mayo scale appears to be measuring narcissism, suggesting that it has face validity. The other types of validity (predictive, content, discriminant, and concurrent) are not relevant to this situation or cannot be determined based on the information provided.

RESEARCH STUDY 5.1 Dr. Valencia Is Considering Conducting a Study Examining Whether Narcissistic