Jenny Reads the Following Headline on an Online Article: "If

question 28

Multiple Choice

Jenny reads the following headline on an online article: "If You're Sexist, People Will Think You're Racist, and Vice Versa." (This headline is based on a study conducted by Sanchez and colleagues, 2017.) This study found that members of stigmatized groups are threatened by prejudice directed at other stigmatized groups. Their results showed that White women can be threatened by racism, and men of color threatened by sexism, and that these perceptions made participants expect unfair treatment.
Which of the following questions assesses the construct validity of this study?

• A)Would this research generalize to children?
• B)Did the researchers establish temporal precedence?
• C)How did the researchers measure expectations of unfair treatment?
• D)How big was the effect of perceived discrimination?

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