Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:

Which of the given self report inventories can be used as a tool for psychiatric diagnoses as well as in identifying varieties of psychopathology?

Options:

EPQ: Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

MMPI: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

16PF : 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire

Nominations

Correct Answer:

MMPI: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Explanation:

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.