MCMI
T/F: MCMI is the only personality test that uses base rates instead of T-Scores
True
T/F: general reliability for personality tests is comparable to cognitive tests
False
Comprises pairs of selected questions that would be expected to be answered in a consistent manner, but they are not.
VRIN (Variable Response Inconsistency Scale)
What screening measures alcohol consumption and abuse
Audit-C
APA code of ethics for administering assessments, what does the client have the right to?
Participate, demand access to write-up, we are held to professionalism, finding assessments that have metric equivalence
What is the reading level for MCMI?
5th grade
What is the reading level of the MMPI?
6th
What scale represents unanswered
? (Cannot Say)
Which screening measures a persons motivation, what people are saying about your usage, and identifies alcohol related problems?
CAGE
Describe how the critical items from the PAI txt consideration scales could be useful in txt planning?
Identifies risk factors: SI/SH/HI/Violence/substance abuse
Who would have a good prognosis to txt or not
Clinical(hospital) setting or community mental health
What population is the MCMI used for?
severe disturbed indiciduals
Creates a severe psychiatric dx
T/F: Validity research for MMPI includes 8,000 studies for construct validity
Scale developed to detect personal injury to exaggerate diff
FBS (sx validity)
Which screening measures non-medical use of drugs, but DOES NOT include alcohol?
DAST
Jung defined 4 orienting functions as particular forms pf psychic in the same under varying conditions; name and describe them (4).
Thinking – logical, rational analysis & decision making
feeling – subjective, affective response, value oriented
sensing – draws upon sediment experience as evidence
intuition – rely upon the realm of the unseen
Why is the MCMI problematic to use on people of color?
they tend to score higher on this test; it is not culturally informed
The original MMPI used the _______________ approach when constructing the MMPI scales.
Empirical Keying
15 item scale indicating extent client is describing themselves unrealistically
L (Lie)
Which screening helps to identify alcohol dependence?
MAST
Name 3 reasons why the BDI is useful for clinicians?
Measure progress
Quick
Test-retest reliability
Easy to score
The median score of the MCMI is ____ while a score of ____ or above is a clear presence of a dx
60, 85
Name all clinical scales in order
1. Hypochondriasis
2. Depression
3. Hysteria
4. Psychopathic Deviate
5. Masculinity-Femininity
6. Paranoia
7. Psychasthenia
8. Schizophrenia
9. Hypomania
10. Social Introversion
27 items scale among psychotic patients
FP (Infrequency Psychopathology; endorsing sx psychotic people would not endorse)
Which screening designed to screen for pregnancy risk drinking?
T-ACE
Compare and Contrast the CPI NEO-PI-3?
Similar: Sane persons MMPI (CPI), more strength based, OCEAN(NEO) they go over the big 5 factors
Difference: CPI only goes over 4 of the big 5 factors