MMPI Response Style and Profile Patterns Quiz Flashcards
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Content-based invalid responding involves what?
Answer: Deliberately manipulating responses based on recognizing item psychological content
Content-based invalidity occurs when examinees strategically endorse or deny items based on recognizing their psychological content.
The F minus K index was developed to detect what?
Answer: Over-reporting (positive F-K) versus under-reporting (negative F-K)
The F-K index compares symptom endorsement (F) to positive self-presentation (K). Large positive = over-reporting; large negative = under-reporting.
Scale elevation exceeding T=100 on a clinical scale suggests what?
Answer: Over-reporting, severe pathology, or both, requiring careful validity analysis
T>100 is extreme and may reflect genuine severe pathology, over-reporting, or both. Validity scale analysis determines credibility.
The saw-tooth profile pattern is characterized by what?
Answer: Alternating high and low scores across adjacent scales creating zigzag
A saw-tooth pattern shows alternating elevations and valleys across adjacent scales, suggesting complex pathology with multiple interacting dimensions.
K-correction adds what to certain MMPI-2 clinical scales?
Answer: A proportion of K scale raw score to correct for defensiveness
K-correction adds a proportion of K raw score to specific scales (Hs, Pd, Pt, Sc, Ma) to compensate for defensive respondents suppressing elevations.
An inverted V peaking on Scale 4 (Pd) suggests what?
Answer: Antisocial behavior, authority conflicts, and impulsivity
Scale 4 peak suggests antisocial tendencies, authority conflicts, impulsivity, and difficulty conforming to social norms.