While Taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Michael Notices That

question 213

Multiple Choice

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Michael notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways. He asks his daughter, who is a graduate student in psychology, why that is. What is his daughter likely to say?

• A) Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests.
• B) Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people.
• C) Some items are used to determine if test takers are trying to "fake" the test.
• D) The MMPI includes some experimental items used in developing future versions of the test.

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