While Taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Jennifer Notices That

question 282

Multiple Choice

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Jennifer notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways. She asks her son Sean, a graduate student in psychology, why that is. What is Sean 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 contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test.

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