MMPI correct answers Objective personality test:
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
The K scale was developed by examining profiles of....
A. individuals known to have psychopathology but who produced normal clinical scale scores
B. individuals who were free of psychopathology b...
The K scale was developed by examining profiles of....
A. individuals known to have psychopathology but who produced normal clinical scale scores
B. individuals who were free of psychopathology but who produced abnormal clinical scale
scores
C. individuals who were instructed to "fake bad"
D. individuals with substance use disorders correct answers a. individuals known to have
psychopathology but who produced normal clinical scale scores
the VRIN scale's primary function is to detect
a. lying
b. attempts to "fake bad"
c. a change in the test taker's approach to the two halves of the test
d. inconsistencies in responding to item content correct answers d. inconsistencies in responding
to item content
The L scale was developed to....
a. detect severe pathology of test takers.
b. identify inconsistent responding on the part of test takers
c. detect an unsophisticated attempt to appear favorably
d. detect suspiciousness correct answers c. detect an unsophisticated attempt to appear favorably
A client has an F (raw) - K (raw) score - 12. Which was likely his approach to the test?
A. valid and honest
B. faking bad
C. response inconsistency
D. faking good correct answers B. Faking bad
The K scale was developed to...
A. detect the endorsement of unusual items
B. identify a defensive approach to the test
C. detect over-truing
D. detect suspiciousness correct answers B. Identify a defensive approach to the test
Looking at the F and Fb scales, we can tell if the test taker....
A. answered questions consistently according to content
,B. answered all of the questions on the test
C. changed his/her approach to the test
D. over controls his/her anger correct answers C. changed his/her approach to the test
One of the primary goals of the MMPI revision to create the MMPI-2 was to...
A. completely revise the clinical scales
B. Shorten the measure
C. collect a more representative comparison sample
D. reduce the number of validity scales correct answers C. collect a more representative
comparison sample
Answering "false" to "at times I feel like swearing" adds one point to the...
A. L scale
B. TRIN scale
C. Hs Scale
D. ANG Scale correct answers A. L Scale
Answering "True" to "someone has been trying to influence my mind" adds a point to which
scale?
A. L scale
B. K scale
C. F scale
D. S scale correct answers C. F scale
The items for the Harris-Lingoes scales were selected....
A. empirically
B. randomly
C. by linear transformation
D. rationally correct answers D. rationally
The items on the F Scale were selected....
A. randomly
B. rationally
C. because they were frequently endorsed by depressed patients
D. because they were infrequently endorsed by the original comparison group (Minnesota
normals) correct answers D. because they were infrequently endorsed by the original comparison
group (Minnesota normals)
A very high scorer on Scale 6 (T > 70) is likely to be ....
A. cynical, whiny, and demanding of attention
, B. complaining of vague physical complaints
C. rebellious toward authority figures
D. exhibiting frankly psychotic behavior correct answers Paranoia
D. Exhibiting frankly psychotic behavior
A high scorer on Scale 9 is likely to present as...
A. tired
B. overactive and impulsive
C. lacking insight about psychological issues
D. suspicious correct answers Hypomania
B. overactive and impulsive
Someone with a 49 or 94 code type is likely to be....
A. very depressed
B. paranoid and suspicious
C. dismissive of social standards
D. somatic correct answers Psyc. Dev. & Hypomania
C. dismissive of social standards
If someone has a T-score of 50 on the TRIN scale, it suggests...
A. they gave a smilier number of T/F responses
B. they had a tendency to indiscriminately endorse False
C. they endorsed items according to content and without a bias toward T/F responses
D. the person was not taking item content into account when responding correct answers C. they
endorsed items according to content and without a bias toward T/F responses
Someone with a 68 or 86 code type is likely to....
A. have a substance use problem
B. have a diagnosis such as paranoid or schizoid personality disorder
C. be very depressed
D. have many somatic complaints correct answers Paranoia and Schizophrenia
B. have a diagnosis such as paranoid or schizoid personality disorder
An outpatient has an Fb T-Score of 105, this information alone tells us....
A. the person was not endorsing consistently according to content
B. the person endorsed a high number of unusual items on the second half of the test
C. the person changed his approach on the second half of the test
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