Chapter 8 - Personality Assessment Flashcards
(15 cards)
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
