What does the TRIN scale of the MMPI-2 measure?
a. acquiescence
b. deliberate manipulation
c. lying
d. malingering
What does the VRIN scale of the MMPI-2 measure?
a. variable responding
b. valid responding
c. vanity responding
d. value-based responding
The final restandardization group for the MMPI-2
a. was representative of the 1980 United States Census population.
b. was recruited from the United States and Canada.
c. included clinical populations and their family members who did not have psychiatric diagnoses.
d. was more educated and had greater financial resources than the population as a whole.
What does the California Psychological Inventory best measure?
a. normal individuals
b. personality disorders
c. mild to moderate clinical disorders
d. severe clinical disorders
The major source of validity for the MMPI and MMPI-2
a. comes from criterion-validity studies.
b. comes from content-validity studies.
c. comes from studies that describe the characteristics of particular profile patterns.
d. comes from newly developed techniques of meta analysis.
The restandardization of the MMPI has eliminated the most serious drawback of the original version,
a. an inadequate control group.
b. lack of validity documentation.
c. poor reliability.
d. inter-item correlations.
The MMPI-2
a. reduced the number of items compared to MMPI.
b. has more items that are sexist than the MMPI.
c. has not yet been standardized.
d.
Factor analysis suggests that most of the variance in the CPI can be accounted for by only two factors related to
a. internal control and interpersonal effectiveness scales.
b. internal control and achievement potential
c. interpersonal effectiveness and interest modes
d. interest modes and achievement potential
Which MMPI scale was designed to detect individuals with psychopathology who produce normal MMPI patterns because of defensiveness?
a. L scale
b. K scale
c. F scale
d. 0 scale
The reading ability required for the MMPI-2 is at least
a. 5th grade.
b. 8th grade.
c. 6th grade.
d. 12th grade.
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