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16 Cards in this Set
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VRIN, TRIN
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Measures of Inconsistent Responding - high scores indicate invalid test
Variable Responding Inconsistency True Responding Inconsistency |
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L - Scale
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LooKS Good! (naive attempt)
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F Scale
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inFrequently endorsed items
High score indicates: random responding overall distress Fake bad |
Can indicate 3 different things
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T Score
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If greater than 65, scale is considered significantly high
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K Scale
What two things can it indicate? |
LooKS Good!
Moderate scores can indicate psychological resilliance rather than defensiveness Measure of Defensiveness used as Moderator Variable: Used to correct clinical scale scores (some of them) |
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Indicators of Random Responding
at what t score should the results be considered invalid for two of them and at what "score" should test be invalidated for the third? |
VRIN > 80 test invalid
TRIN > 80 test invalid "Cannot Say" (# of items left blank) > 30 test invalid |
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Over-Reporting (Faking it)
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F
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Under-Reporting (LooKS Good!)
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L Lie T>=80
K Korrection Factor (defensiveness or pscyhological resillience) S Superlative Self Presentation |
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How High do Scores on Validity Scales have to be to Consider MMPI-2 Scores Invalid?
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> or = 80
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How was MMPI Developed
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Empirical Keying
Use factor analysis to see which scales discriminate among various clinical groups, normals |
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10 Clinical Scales
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1 Hypochondriasis
2 Depression 3 Hysteria 4 Psychopathic Deviate 5 MF (masculinity / femininity) 6 Paranoia 7 Psychasthenia (OCD, anxiety, doubting) 8 Schizophrenia 9 Hypomania 10 Social Introversion |
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Scoring
Does gender matter? Do you use the raw score? If not, what do you do with it? |
Yes!
There are different norms for men and women Raw scores are converted to T scores (mean=50, SD= |
Think about it: M/F Scale?
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Coding
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2-digit or 3-digit
1 2 means Highest score on Scale 1 (hypochondriasis), Second highest score is on scale 2 (depression) |
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Should you use it for Diagnosis?
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NO!
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How do you know if a score on one of the scales is "significant"?
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T >= 65
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What are the 10 MMPI-2 clinical scales?
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1 Hypochondriasis
2 Depression 3 Hysteria 4 Psychopathic Deviate 5 M/F 6 Paranoia 7 Psychasthenia (anxiety) 8 Schizophrenia 9 Hypomania 10 Social Introversion |
Hypochondriacs depress hysterics b/c they get the attention.
Pyschopaths are more likely to be M than F. Paranoid people are Anxious and may be Schizophrenic. Hypomanics are not socially introverted. |