Maurice Is Developing a New Measure of Psychopathy That He

question 75

Multiple Choice

Maurice is developing a new measure of psychopathy that he hopes to use in his research.His measure includes a series of psychiatric diagnoses and a well-thought out questionnaire.However,when compared to results of other proven measures of psychopathy,his results are incorrect.What kind of validity is lacking?

• A)split-half validity.
• B)construct validity.
• C)face validity.
• D)criterion-related validity.
• E)content validity.

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