Module 10: Personality Tests Flashcards
What are the different personality tests?
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)
- Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Edward’s Preference Personality Schedule (EPPS)
- Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey (GZTS)
- NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R)
- Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao/Panukat ng Pagkataong Pilipino
- Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)
- Big Five Inventory-II (BFI-2)
- California Psychological Inventory (CPI-434)
- Strong Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII)
- Thurstone Interest Schedule (TIS)
- Basic Personality Inventory (BPI)
Who developed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) test?
Starke Hathaway and J. Charnley McKinley
What is the age span of the individuals who can take the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) test?
16 years old and older
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)
+ Multiphasic personality inventory intended for used with both clinical and normal populations to identify sources of maladjustment and personal strengths
+ Help in diagnosing mental health disorders, distinguishing normal from abnormal
+ elicits a wide range of self-descriptions scored to give a quantitative measurement of an individual’s level of emotional adjustment and attitude toward test-taking
Who is the ideal person to whom the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) should be given to?
should be administered to someone with no guilt feelings for creating a crime
How should the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) be administered: by individual or by group?
individual or by groups
How many scales does MMPI have?
Original MMPI had 13 scales, whilst the latest ver (MMPI-II) maintained the original 10 scales
What is the most important approach in the MMPI?
most important approach taken during construction of the MMPI was Empirical Criterion Keying (development, selection, and scoring of items within the scales was based on some external criterion of reference)
Clinical Scales of MMPI
- Hypochondriasis (Hs)
- Depression (D)
- Hysteria (Hy)
- Psychopathic Deviate (Pd)
- Masculinity/Femininity (Mf)
- Paranoia (Pa)
- Psychasthenia (Anxiety, Depression, OCD) (Pt)
- Schizophrenia (Sc)
- Hypomania or Mania (Ma)
- Social Introversion (Si)
Hypochondriasis (Hs)
present multiple, vague, and chronic physical problems
Depression (D)
MMPI Clinical Scale
depressed mood, low self-esteem, lethargy, and feelings of guilt
Hysteria (Hy)
MMPI-2 Scale
develop physical symptoms in reaction to stress and can be dependent, naïve, infantile, and narcissistic
Psychopathic Deviate (Pd)
MMPI-2 Scale
associated with antisocial behavior
Masculinity/Femininity (Mf)
interests more traditionally viewed as feminine or masculine
Paranoia (Pa)
suspicious, aloof, guarded, and overly sensitive
Psychasthenia (Anxiety, Depression, OCD) (Pt)
tense, anxious, ruminative, obsessive, phobic, and rigid
Schizophrenia (Sc)
MMPI-2 Scale
withdrawn, moody, and confused
Hypomania or Mania (Ma)
MMPI-2 Scale
sociable and optimistic, though can be manipulative and grandiose
Social Introversion (Si)
MMPI-2 Scale
introverted, withdrawn, submissive, over controlled, tense, inflexible (high scorers)
Validity/Dissimulation scales
MMPI-2
understand how genuine a test taker’s answers are
What are the Validity/Dissimulation scales of the MMPI-2?
- Lie Scale (L Scale)
- Infrequency Scale (F Scale)
- Superlative Self Presentation Scale (S Scale)
- Correction Scale (K Scale)
- “Cannot Say” (CNS or ?) Scale
- True Response Inconsistency (TRIN)
- Variable Response Inconsistency (VRIN or VRIN)
- Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale (Fp)
- Fake Bad Scale (FBS)
- Back Page Infrequency (Fb)
Lie Scale (L Scale)
MMPI-2 Validity/Dissimulation Scales
items that are somewhat negative but apply to most people; assess the likelihood of the test taker to approach the instrument with defensive mindset
High in L scale
faking good
Low in L scale
frank and open regarding responses to items, can be sarcastic and cynical