Posted by Dinah on October 26, 2010, at 8:32:16
In reply to Re: MMPI (Multimodal Personality Inventory) » Dinah, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 25, 2010, at 2:37:52
I don't recall the specifics of the scoring. It was way back in aught one. :)
But in my opinion, no score could *indicate* you're lying. Suggest it perhaps. At least I'd hope that's how a psychologist would see it. That they would investigate other possibilities. After all, if they weren't using clinical judgment we could all take the test online and put them out of a job.
I hate all those things that swear they can tell if you're lying. Almost everything that comes up shows me to be liar, but most of it just indicates that I'm anxious. Chronic anxiety can look a lot like lying. I'd guess there are things that could elevate those scales without being a certainty of deception.
http://www.mmpi-info.com/mmpi-2/mmpidict1.html
One warning though. I didn't start to do my research on the MMPI until *after* I'd taken the test. Too much research before might change the results. If you're going to take the test, perhaps you ought to hold off on thoroughly investigating it.
(It was hilarious really. The night of the test, I was in Barnes & Noble with a huuuge stack of books about psych testing, when for the first time out of the therapy office, I heard my therapist's voice. I dropped the books on the nearest shelf and ran like a frightened hare. The next session I asked in a roundabout way if he had been at Barnes & Noble that night, and he said that yes he had been. At which point I confessed. Somehow confessing in his office seemed less shameful than being caught in the act.)
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