Jared takes the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and receives a score above 70 on several different scales. How would
a clinician approach an analysis of this test? a. By focusing on the scales that directly apply to Jared's problems b. By selecting the single highest scale score for analysis c. By grouping the top two scales to derive associated patterns d. By combining high scores into a single comprehensive category
d. By combining high scores into a single comprehensive category
Explanation:
Personality tests (such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality) are tests applied by psychologists through questioning or graphic testing to reveal innate and acquired personality traits that are often unknown or unreported by the individual and indicate your character and temperament.
Because personality is complex and involves many different layers of interpretation, sometimes psychologists use more than one test to get a sense of different assessments of the patient's personality. When the use of one more test is performed, the psychologist is most likely to interpret the results of each test by combining high scores into a single broad category, so the psychologist can analyze several different factors of the patient's personality.
