Objective and projective assessments

Question 1

MMPI

Answer 1

used to assess CLINICAL DISORDERS and PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

• scoring scale
• -3/9 validity
• 10 clinical
• 15 content: identifying traits like fear, anxiety, anger–> complete picture of the client

Question 2

validity scales MMPI

Answer 2

L: Lie factor–inability to admit faults, faking good, NOT SAME AS LYING–> “spoiled” results

F: Infrequency: faking bad

K: Correction: slant/spin answers to minimize personal emotional control/ineffectiveness; unintentionally faking good

Question 3

hypochondriasis

Answer 3

concern for health without physical problem

Question 4

conversion hysteria

Answer 4

conversion disorder wherein sensory motor problems have no organic basis, denial/lack of social anxiety

Question 5

psychopathic deviant

Answer 5

hostility toward law, authority, social convention

Question 6

psychoasthenia

Answer 6

obsessive-compulsive concerns

Question 7

Millon–MCMI

Answer 7

used to assess PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• 6 scales
• scoring: base rate–> standardized score (assumes psych. traits are not on a bell curve)

Question 8

Personality assessment inventory (PAI)

Answer 8

makes clinical diagnoses, screens psychopathology, assists in treatment planning

4 validity scales, 11 clinical, 5 treatment, 2 interpersonal

-T>70

Question 9

MBTI

Answer 9

most widely used personality assessment for NORMAL functioning

-describes human behavior rather than measuring pathology

• based on Carl Jung’s psychological types
• E/I
• S/N
• T/F
• J/P

Question 10

16PF

Answer 10

based on raymond cattell’s 16 personality components

• METHOD TO DESCRIBE BEHAVIOR
• 16 primary factors: personality traits along a continuum (uses sten)
• 5 global factors: extraversion, anxiety, tough-mindedness, individuality, self-control
• 3 validity scales: impression management (social desirability), infrequency (unusual responses), acquiescence (answering tendencies regardless of content)

Question 11

Big Five and NEO

Answer 11

openness: willingnes/desire to try new things, curious/imaginative, unconventional
conscientiousness: duty/self-discipline, order/planning, goal-driven
extraversion
agreeableness: cooperative, kind, altruistic
neuroticism

Question 12

Conners

Answer 12

ADHD/comorbid problematic behaviors/diagnoses

Question 13

SASSI

Answer 13

identify people with a high risk of a SUD

• “subtle” components, 31 direct alc/drug related questions on likert scale
• 9 subscales

Question 14

projective testing

Answer 14

client presented a stimulus in which to respond, personality interpreted based on responses

Question 15

TAT

Answer 15

asks clients to create a story with beginning, middle, and end to reveal inner world and how that world is impacted by NEEDS AND PRESS

issues related to current life situations, not deep seated personality structures

criticized for cultural/historic bias

Question 16

henry murray’s needs and press theory

Answer 16

people are driven by internal desires (needs) and/or external environment (press)

Question 17

Rorscach

Answer 17

clients identify what they see on inkblots

projection of unconscious mind

Question 18

Exner scoring system

Answer 18

location: portion of blot to which response occurred
determinants: describe manner in which examinee understood what they saw (form, color, shading)
content

Question 19

Bender Gesalt

Answer 19

identifying developmental, psychological, or neurological deficits

-0-4 scales from no resemblance/scribbling- perfect drawaing

Question 20

HTP

Answer 20

house, tree, person

tree= metaphor for human deve 
person= self/ego 
house= physical aspects of drama

Question 21

sentence completion task

Answer 21

use of sentence-stems to reveal unconscious issues

Question 22

objective personality testing

Answer 22

personality assessment that uses paper-pencil, MC or true false format that assesses various aspects of personality