Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

receive attention in criminology and the logic observation of crime is hard to measure (Aker and Sellers, 2009 p. 64, 65). In today’s world there are some techniques to enhance the behavior of a criminal from Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, to California Psychological Inventory. At times the structure of a community can shape or make a difference on preventing…

Methodology I plan to access data from a California State Hospital that was collected on approximately 200 civilly committed sexually violent predators. The data was collected at various times and over several years while the patients were committed to a secure psychiatric hospital. The information is used for purposes of diagnosis, treatment planning, and research. All participants have signed confidentiality waivers permitting the use of their data for research purposes. A number of hospital…

The lifelong pattern of actions and behavior which violates other peoples’ rights and the general law is the common feature of antisocial personality disorder victims, commonly known as the ASPD. The existence of an association between these disorders and the criminal justice, law and together with the field of forensic psychology is based on the fact that, the actions of people with such disorders are associated with criminal acts and violent behavior. The disorders affect the individual’s…

The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), was developed in 1961, by Aaron Beck and his coworkers. The purpose of this test was to measure the behavioral manifestations of depression. In other words, the Beck Depression Inventory was developed as a way to diagnose the severity of one's depression. This test is not based on a theoretical basis, however it is based on a clinical observation of symptoms (Van Hemert et al., 2002). With all of the stressors in today's world, a significant amount of the…

Objective tests usually have simple true or false questions and yield statistically valid results. Individuals with DID have a hard time completing these type of questions due to their multiple personality states (Brand et al., 2006). However, if the clinician asks the individual to answer what they identify with most of the time, the patient may be able to answer the questions. Although there are no distinct patterns in the results of the MMPI-II…

Introduction The literature review was conducted using major perspectives of personality. The major perspectives are Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Traits, Learning/Social, and Humanistic. Within each theory, the major theoretical approaches, research methods, and assessment instruments will be included to give a better understand of the personality aspect within each theory. Personality is the foundation of psychology. Personality is defined as our enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions, and…

Defined by the differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, personality is as unique as a fingerprint. It is what differentiates us from other human beings and forms a person as a whole (“Personality”). Chapter 13 of David Myer’s Psychology focuses on personality and discusses its associated theories – the psychodynamic, humanistic, trait, and social-cognitive theories – as well as today’s research on one’s self. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian doctor of medicine, first…

entire journey is our personality. Personality refers to our characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting that makes us distinct and unique. Superheroes are imagined and created by real humans and thus, it is highly likely that the characters borne will share certain characteristics with their creators. In addition, we are exposed to these characters from a very tender age due to their massive popularity. So,…

differing aspects of their lives to the detected epigenetic differences. Each twin was given The Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI; Wechsler, 1999), The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-II; Hathaway, 1989), and The Toronto Gambling task (Floden & Stuss, 2004) to determine any differences in IQ, personality, psychopathology, and the amount or impulsiveness and risk-taking propensity, respectively. Each twin was also given zygosity testing to confirm that they…

In this paper the client’s name is Tyrell and he is thirty years old and he works at a well-respected law firm, where he works as a clerk at the firm. Tyrell, is African-American male and he is homosexual. He just recently graduated from law school two years ago and is well on his way starting his career. At this job, he works long hours and the job is very demanding. Tyrell sometimes goes several days without sleep, because of his job and the demand that it carries. Tyrell is romantically…