[PSYB32H3] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (164 pages long!)

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Personality inventories: a self report questionnaire by which an examinee indicates whether statements assessing habitual tendencies apply to him or her. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi): lengthy personality inventory by which individuals are diagnosed through their true/false replies to groups of statements. Purpose: inexpensive way to detect a number of psychological problems (why it"s multiphasic) Has 10 scales (diagnostic groups); ex: lie scale to detect people who try to look too good. Improved standardization using sample much larger and representative. 9 restructured clinical (rc) scales somatic complaints low positive emotions. Dysfunctional negative emotions cynicism ideas of persecution. Purpose: identify people who are faking bad: intentionally responding to assessment items in order to create negative impression. Problem: high proportion of fakers who are not actually faking it. Projective test: psychological assessment device employing a set of standard but vague stimuli on the assumption that under structured material will allow unconscious motivations/fears to be uncovered.

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