Bartol (1991) found that police officers who scored high on the L scale of the MMPI demonstrated poor judgment in the field, particularly under high levels of stress. What is the L Scale used to detect?
A. Paranoid psychopathology
B. The likelihood of deferring to authority
C. Attempts of respondents to present themselves in a favorable light
D. Cheating on the MMPI by using someone else's response set
C
Psychology
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a) Clear biological changes that begin at about that age. b) Social policy. c) The age at which individuals begin to refer to themselves as old. d) A scientific standard.
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