MMPI Personality Psychopathology Five PSY-5 Scales Quiz

Question 1

How many dimensions are measured by the PSY-5 scales on the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3?

Accepted Answer

Five

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Three

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Seven

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Ten

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the original PSY-5 dimensions?

Accepted Answer

Somatization

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Aggressiveness

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Psychoticism

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Constraint

Question 3

The PSY-5 Aggressiveness scale primarily assesses which behavioral pattern?

Accepted Answer

Instrumental and offensive aggression

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Physical violence only

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Passive-aggressive tendencies

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Self-directed hostility

Question 4

What does the PSY-5 Disconstraint scale measure?

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Undercontrolled and impulsive behavior

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Excessive behavioral rigidity

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Anxiety-related inhibition

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Social withdrawal patterns

Question 5

The PSY-5 Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism scale maps most closely onto which Big Five factor?

Accepted Answer

Neuroticism

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Conscientiousness

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Openness to Experience

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Agreeableness

Question 6

High scores on PSY-5 Introversion/Low Positive Emotionality suggest which pattern?

Accepted Answer

Anhedonia and social disengagement

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Excessive sociability

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Paranoid ideation

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Compulsive patterns