Question

Mike decides he is going to try to look mentally ill when he goes for his disability evaluation. He takes the MMPI-2. He most likely ________
1. will be able to fake mental illness convincingly.
2. will still come out normal on the test.
3. will be caught by specialized scales on the test.
4. will come out seeming very insightful.

Answer 1

Answer:

will be caught by specialised scales on the test

Explanation:

• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a test used to test the psychology for a person by assessing their psycho-pathology as well as their personality traits.

• MMPI-2 is one of its forms which consists of true/false questions.

• MMPI-2 has a total of 10 scales to test the 10 categories of abnormality associated with human behaviour along with 4 scales to test the validity of the test that is whether the person is giving the answers truthfully or not.

• Based on these scales, Mike will be caught faking his illness.