Angelo wants to ensure that his newly developed measure of empathy does not correlate well with other scales measuring different constructs, such as nonverbal decoding ability, mood awareness, or self-consciousness. Angelo would like to establish __________ for his new measuring instrument.
A) face validity
B) internal reliability
C) discriminant validity
D) convergent validity

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Discriminant validity is the extent to which a measure does not correlate with measures of different constructs. Therefore, it is what Angelo needs to establish to ensure that his new measure of empathy is not correlating with measures of nonverbal decoding ability, mood awareness, or self-consciousness. Face validity refers to whether a measure appears valid at face value. Internal reliability refers to the consistency of results within a measure. Convergent validity refers to the extent to which a measure correlates with measures of similar constructs.

Angelo Wants to Ensure That His Newly Developed Measure of Empathy