MMPI MMPI - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory History, Development, and Psychometric Properties Questions and Answers

Question 1

In what year was the original MMPI first published?

Accepted Answer

1943

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1935

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1939

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1951

Question 2

Which test construction methodology was used to develop the original MMPI clinical scales?

Accepted Answer

Empirical criterion keying

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Rational/theoretical item writing

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Factor analysis of personality traits

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Item response theory modeling

Question 3

The original MMPI normative sample was drawn primarily from which population, a limitation that prompted later restandardization?

Accepted Answer

White, rural Minnesotan adults visiting the University of Minnesota hospitals

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A nationally representative probability sample of U.S. adults

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Military personnel screened during World War II

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College undergraduates at Big Ten universities

Question 4

The MMPI-2 was published in what year following its restandardization project?

Accepted Answer

1989

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1980

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1984

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1994

Question 5

How many items does the MMPI-2 contain?

Accepted Answer

567

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399

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478

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566

Question 6

Who are the primary developers credited with creating the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form)?

Accepted Answer

Auke Tellegen and colleagues at the University of Minnesota

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Starke Hathaway and J.C. McKinley

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James Butcher and John Graham

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Paul Meehl and Irving Gottesman