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Beheh · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A psychologist has developed a series of personality inventories and wants to determine if they are valid. One of the scales measures perfectionism, so he asks a colleague for advice on how to establish the validity of this scale. The colleague tells him

that if he were to find a sample of people with __________ personality disorder, these people would obtain high scores on a scale that measures perfectionism.

a. avoidant
b. histrionic
c. antisocial
d. obsessive-compulsive

Question 2

Which personality disorder is most strongly related to the dimension of conscientiousness in the five-factor model of personality?

a. schizoid
b. histrionic
c. borderline
d. obsessive-compulsive