DrValencia Is Considering Conducting a Study Examining Whether Narcissistic People

question 47

Multiple Choice

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 I think about 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."

-Dr.Valencia decides to test the internal reliability of her measure.Which of the following results would make her happy?

• A)a = 0.10
• B)a = -0.03
• C)a = 0.95
• D)a = -0.98

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