A Psychologist Has Developed a Series of Personality Inventories and Wants

Multiple Choice

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 can find a sample of people with a certain personality disorder, they should obtain high scores on the scale. Which type of personality disorder should this psychologist recruit to evaluate this scale?

A) avoidant personality disorder
B) histrionic personality disorder
C) antisocial personality disorder
D) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder