Professor Tearlach gives her new test of psychological aptitude to her psychology students at the start of the year. At the end of the year, she finds out that those students who did poorly on her test averaged an A in her courses. A shortcoming of the test is that it lacks:

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The fact that students who did poorly on the psychological aptitude test still managed to do well in Professor Tearlach's course suggests that the test lacked criterion validity, meaning that it did not accurately predict performance in the course. This question rules out options A, B, and D as potential answers.

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