Chapter 8 - Personality Assessment Flashcards
What was the approach used during development of the MMPI?
Empirical keying approach
What is the logical keying approach limited by?
Face validity
What type of T scores does the MMPI-2 use?
Uniform T score conversion
What is used to ensure that skewness and kurtosis are similar across scales allowing for interpretive meaning?
Uniform T score conversion
What scale on the MMPI-2 assesses variable responding to test items?
VRIN
What scale on the MMPI-2 assesses disproportionate endorsement of true or false items?
TRIN
What scale on the MMPI-2 assesses defensive responding or denial of emotional difficulties?
L, K, S
What scale on the MMPI-2 assesses potential exaggeration or embellishment of sx?
F, Fp, Fb
What scales on the MMPI-2 have been shown to be useful in identifying exaggeration of somatic and cog Sx?
Symptom Validity Scale and Response Bias Scale
What MMPI-2 scale was developed to identify subtle attempts to deny psychopathology?
K
What is the Fs scale on the MMPI-2-RF?
Infrequent Somatic Responses
What was the Fs scale on the MMPI-2-RF developed to detect?
Possible exaggeration of sx that are infrequent in medical samples
TBI pt’s in litigation are more likely to exhibit elevations on Which scales?
RC1 - somatic complaints
RCd
RC2
RC7
What are the three main approaches to developing self-report measures?
Theory-guided
Factor analysis
Criterion key
What is a method of test development that incorporates items that optimally differentiate clinical psych groups from community samples?
Empirical keying approach
