Deck 5: The Personality Assessment Inventory, Morey, Hopwood

Question 1

PAI Scales provide separate norms for men and women.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following accurately describes normative data for the Cashel and the Rogers discriminant functions?

A) Clinical and community groups differ little.
B) Clinical groups score higher on both than community.
C) Community groups score higher on both than clinical.
D) Clinical groups score higher on the RDF but not on the CDF.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The prediction of a difficult treatment is best made from:

A) RXR
B) SOM
C) TPI
D) NON

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Three scales of particular relevance to the assessment of self-concept on the PAI are:

A) DOM, AGG, SUI
B) NIM, PIM, BOR
C) NON, PAR, ANT-E
D) DEP-C, MAN-G, BOR-I

Question 5

The PAI attempted to assure content validity by:

A) Providing balanced coverage of all major facets of constructs
B) Including items that lay respondents could recognize as important
C) Including items that sampled experiences at different ranges of severity
D) Both A and C

Question 6

At what point were PAI subscales developed?

A) During the conceptual design of the test
B) By factor analyses of the final item pool
C) In clinical judgment studies after the test was published

Question 7

What is the estimated reading level of the PAI items?

A) Second grade
B) Fourth grade
C) Sixth grade
D) Eighth grade

Question 8

The PAI uses a standard score known as a T score that:

A) Has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 in the community
B) Has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 in the community
C) Has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 in clinical settings
D) Has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 in clinical settings

Question 9

Concerns about positive impression management should begin to be considered when PIM is:

A) Greater than or equal to 50T
B) Greater than or equal to 57T
C) Greater than or equal to 68T
D) Greater than or equal to 70T

Question 10

What is the standard error of measurement of most PAI clinical scales?

A) 1-2 points
B) 3-4 points
C) 7-8 points
D) 10 points

Question 11

The PAI Public Safety Report provides an overall risk estimate that was designed to predict what result?

A) Subsequent dismissal for cause
B) Failure to complete one-year probationary period
C) Receiving an ""acceptable"" hiring decision
D) Failing the hiring background check

Question 12

Which of the following is unlikely to elevate with efforts to malinger mental disorder?

A) DEF
B) RDF
C) NIM
D) All of the above might elevate

Question 13

Which of the following is likely to elevate in a defensive profile?

A) Cashel Index
B) Rogers Index
C) Malingering Index
D) None of the above

Question 14

All PAI items involve choosing between two response alternatives.

Question 15

The PAS is a 160-item short form of the PAI.

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a major focus in the development of the PAI?

A) Importance of content validity in interpretation
B) Emphasis on discriminant validity
C) Scales developed to include ""subtle"" items
D) Relevance of both clinical and community normative performance in standardization

Question 17

The PAI normative sample is census matched for adults in the following respects EXCEPT:

A) Education
B) Race
C) Gender
D) Age

Question 18

Standard scores for the PAI are obtained using:

A) Linear T-scores
B) Uniform T-scores
C) Normalized T-scores
D) Log transform T-scores

Question 19

Which PAI indicators are of particular utility in identifying denial and/or dissimulation?

A) PIM and DEF
B) INF and ICN
C) SCZ and BOR
D) ANT and ALC

Question 20

A client completes the PAI carelessly. You should expect elevations on scales:

A) ICN
B) INF
C) PIM
D) Both A and B

Question 21

Characteristics of the client's social environment can be determined by inspecting:

A) ICN and INF
B) NON and STR
C) ANT and PIM
D) ALC and DRG

Question 22

For which of the following scales would a Tâ€'score of 50 indicate a troublesome course in psychotherapy?

A) ICN
B) SOM
C) RXR
D) SUI

Question 23

Which of the following PAI scales has four subscales?

A) AGG
B) DEP
C) BOR
D) SUI

Question 24

What PAI scale has proven to be useful in distinguishing non-epileptic from epileptic seizures?

A) NIM
B) RDF
C) SOM
D) RXR