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13 Cards in this Set
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high score on L scale
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Lie Scale, High Score:
Attempt to present self in very favorable light or lack of insight into one's own motivations |
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low score on L scale
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Lie Scale, Low Score: frankness in responding, exaggeration of negative charateristics or independence
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high score on F scale
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Frequency Scale, High Score: eccentricity, deliberate malingering, random responding or responding to all items as either true or false
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low score on F scale
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Frequency Scale, Low Score: social conformity, absence of significant psychopathology
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high score on K scale
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Correction Scale, High Score: clinical defensiveness, desire to fake good, associated with poor treatment prognosis
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low score on K scale
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Correction Scale, Low Score: excessive frankness, self-criticism, desire to fake bad
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use of K score
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Correction Scale: suppressor variable--scores correlate with defensiveness, education level and socioeconomic status; used to correct scores on certain clinical scales
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high score on ? scale
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Cannot Say Scale, High Score: reading difficulties, indecisiveness, distractibility, rebelliousness or defensiveness
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elevated F score and high scores on most or all of the clinical scales
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random responding
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L and K scores are below 50, but F score and clinical scales 6 through 9 are very elevated
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'true' to all items
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F, K and L scores elevated and clinical scales 1 through 5 are elevated
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'false' to all items
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L and K scores around 50, F score slightly elevated, clinical scales are sawtoothed (high and low scores on alternate scales)
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malingering
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age and reading requirements for MMPI administration
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18 years or older, grade 6 reading level
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