If a Personality Inventory Scale Contained No "Reverse-Coded" or "Negatively-Keyed

question 13

Multiple Choice

If a personality inventory scale contained no "reverse-coded" or "negatively-keyed" items at all,what problem might that scale have?

• A)Scores on the scale would partly reflect a tendency to agree with statements in general.
• B)Scores on the scale would only be useful for measuring people with high levels of the trait.
• C)Scores on the scale would have poor discriminant validity,because the items wouldn't measure anything that was unrelated to the trait.
• D)Scores on the scale would be invalid,because people would be able to "fake" without getting caught.
• E)None of the above;there would be no problem with such a scale.

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