If Gary believes that a valid test for police officers in Philadelphia would NOT be valid for police officers in Pittsburgh, he believes in:

A) validity shrinkage.
B) validity generalization.
C) validity overlap.
D) situational specificity.

Ans: D) situational specificity.

Psychology

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