_________ is a self-report measure which can be used to diagnose hypochondriasis, depression, mania, psychasthenia, hysteria and social introversion.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)
Option (1) Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) — Incorrect. A self-report test that assesses Eysenck’s dimensions, introversion-extraversion, emotional stability-instability and psychoticism. It measures personality dimensions, not ten clinical subscales.
Option (2) Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) — Incorrect. Developed by Cattell, it assesses the 16 primary or source traits of normal personality; it is not a diagnostic tool for psychopathology.
Option (3) Sentence Completion Test — Incorrect. It is a projective technique, not a self-report measure: the subject completes the starting part of a sentence, and the endings reveal attitudes, motivation and conflicts.
Option (4) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) — Correct. Developed by Hathaway and McKinley as a helping tool for psychiatric diagnosis, the MMPI’s revised version MMPI-2 has 567 true/false statements in 10 subscales which seek to diagnose hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, masculinity-femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizophrenia, mania and social introversion.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) … This inventory is widely used as a test in personality assessment. Hathaway and McKinley developed this test as a helping tool for psychiatric diagnosis, but the test has been found very effective in identifying varieties of psychopathology. Its revised version is available as MMPI-2. It consists of 567 statements. The subject has to judge each statement as ‘true’ or ‘false’ for her/ him. The test is divided into 10 subscales, which seek to diagnose hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, masculinity-femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizophrenia, mania and social introversion.…” |