MMPI, Seizures

Question 1

K Scale

Answer 1

“I’m OK”
defensiveness
a moderator variable
Korrection

Question 2

low K means?

high K means?

Answer 2

low K - open

high K - guarded

Question 3

F Scale

Answer 3

Frequence scale

Question 4

What does this code mean?

A. 4/9
B. 4/6 or 7/9
C. 9/0

Answer 4

A. 4/9: activing out, relational problems

B. 4/6, 7/9: anhedonia, dysphoria

C. 9/0: grandosity, egocentric

Question 5

MMPI Clinical Scales 1-3

Answer 5

HYPOCHONDRIACS
DEPRESS
HYSTERICS

Question 6

MMPI Clinical Scales 4-5

Answer 6

PSYCHOPATHS are usually

MALE or FEMALE

Question 7

MMPI Clinical Scales 6-8

Answer 7

PARANOID
PSYCHASTHENIA
SCHIZOPHRENIA

Question 8

MMPI Clinical Scales 9-10

Answer 8

HYPOMANICS are not

SOCIALLY INTROVERTED

Question 9

Partial (focal) seizure

Answer 9

Partial (focal) seizures, such as simple seizures which don’t results in a person’s loss of consciousness but may cause jerking of body parts, emotional changes, and the way a person perceives light, sound, and touch.

Question 10

Generalized Seizures:

Absence (petit mal)

Tonic Clonic (grand mal)

Answer 10

Absence (petit mal) seizures that results in a person staring out into space for a few seconds even if they were in the middle of doing something

Tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures, where a person loses consciousness, has muscle rigidity along with violent shaking, jerking, and loss of bladder and bowel control
(tonic - stiff, clonic-repeated body jerking)

Question 11

Substance Abuse Specifier definitions:
"early full remission"
"sustained full remission"
"full remission"
"partial remission"

Answer 11

53. The Correct Answer is “C”
    Early full remission, early partial remission, sustained full remission, or sustained partial remission are specifiers used to describe a substance dependence diagnosis. “Early” means that there is more than one month but less than 12 months of remission. “Sustained” means that there is 12 months or longer of remission (response “D”). “Full” means that the person no longer meets any of the criteria for substance dependence or abuse, and “partial” means that one or more of the criteria for substance dependence are still met but the full criteria are no longer met.

Question 12

On the MMPI 2 an attempt to fake good is suggested by…..

Answer 12

A low F scale with elevated L and K scale