MMPI-2 Test A

The last of the original 13 validity and clinical scales to be added to the MMPI was

Uniform T-scores were designed to correct for the characteristic positive skew of the basic clinical scales.

The use of the 370-item abbreviated form of the MMPI-2 will limit the results to scores on only the 13 original validity and clinical scales.

Which statement is true?

Which pair of scales is the most sensitive to genuine psychopathology?

Considering the differences between the Minnesota Normals and the MMPI-2 restandardization sample, a T-score of 70 on the MMPI represents about the same level of deviance as a T-score of 65 on the MMPI-2.

Among the basic scales, those least heterogeneous in item content are

Which of the basic scales receives the largest K-correction on a per-item basis?

The amount of obvious psychotic content among the basic scales

The primary inference that may be justified by elevations on OBS is

The primary inference that may be justified by elevations on ASP is

The primary inference that may be justified by elevations on TRT is

Which scale among the PSY-5 is least redundant with other MMPI-2 scales?

The Overcontrolled-Hostility scale is not suitable as a basis for predicting assault, violence, or dangerousness.

The Gender Role scales, GM and GF, are dominated by the First and Second Factors of the MMPI-2, respectively.

Although the well-defined codetyping strategy may blunt the influence of measurement error, it may not adequately control for the influence(s) of

When Scales 5 or 0 are highest or second-highest in the code,

The clinical scales of the MMPI-2 are best understood in terms of their accumulated empirical correlates rather than in the light of the diagnostic constructs embodied in the original criterion groups.

A major advantage of the MMPI-2 is a model of measurement that prevents the confounding of categorical diagnostic assignment with the severity of psychopathology.

The test-retest stabilities of most of the MMPI-2 scales appear to be in a range that allows them to retain sensitivity to both continuity and change in symptoms and personality.

The addition of the K-correction to five of the eight basic scales has which effects?

Establishing an adequate level of response consistency is a desirable but not a necessary precondition for proceeding with MMPI-2 interpretation.

The concept of severity in MMPI-2 scores is largely a function of elevation and relatively independent of response style.

Among the clinical scales of the MMPI-2, substance abuse is most reliably associated with

The pattern of masculine versus feminine interests may be adequately assessed with reference to Scale 5, but only in the context of scores on GM and GF.