If a Researcher Gives a Personality Test to Several Individuals

question 4

Multiple Choice

 If a researcher gives a personality test to several individuals and compares their resulting personality profiles with actual observations of the individuals' behavior,she is undoubtedly testing the ____ of the personality tests. 

• A)reliability
• B)congruency
• C)validity
• D)standardization

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Definitions:

Bureaucracies

are complex organizational structures designed to manage and administer the policies, rules, and regulations of larger institutions or governments through a hierarchical system of authority.

Authority Structures

Refer to the systems and frameworks through which power and authority are organized, distributed, and executed within a society or organization.

Democratic Leadership

Offers more guidance than the laissez-faire variety but less control than the authoritarian type. Democratic leaders try to include all group members in the decision-making process, taking the best ideas from the group and molding them into a strategy with which all can identify. Outside of crisis situations, democratic leadership is usually the most effective leadership style.

Group Loyalty

The sense of commitment, support, or allegiance individuals feel towards a specific collective or group to which they belong.