While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways. He asks his daughter, who is a graduate student in psychology, why that is
What is his daughter likely to say?
a) Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests.
b) Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people.
c) Some items are used to determine if test takers are trying to "fake" the test by not reading.
d) The MMPI contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test.
c
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Which personality trait has been conclusively linked to a majority of substance-related disorders?
A. a dependent trait B. an antisocial trait C. an impulsive trait D. No one personality trait or group of traits has been conclusively linked to substance use disorders.
A serotonin partial agonist would
a. Act as a relative serotonin antagonist under conditions of low synaptic serotonin. b. Act as a relative serotonin antagonist under conditions of high synaptic serotonin. c. Act as a relative agonist at dopamine receptors. d. Act as a relative antagonist at dopamine receptors.