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Arrange the clinical scales of MMPI - II in correct sequence.

The correct answer is
Hypochondriasis → Depression → Hysteria → Psychopathic Deviate → Masculinity-Feminity → Paranoia → Psychasthenia → Schizophrenia → Hypomania → Social Introversion

MMPI-II Clinical Scales: Correct Sequence

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II (MMPI-II) features a set of ten clinical scales. Understanding their standard sequence is key for interpreting assessment results.

Standard MMPI-II Clinical Scale Order

The universally accepted order of the MMPI-II clinical scales is presented below:

  • Hypochondriasis (Hs) → Depression (D) → Hysteria (Hy) → Psychopathic Deviate (Pd) → Masculinity-Femininity (Mf) → Paranoia (Pa) → Psychasthenia (Pt) → Schizophrenia (Sc) → Hypomania (Ma) → Social Introversion (Si)

Identifying the Correct Option

This established sequence directly corresponds to the order presented in Option B.

Correct Sequence: Hypochondriasis → Depression → Hysteria → Psychopathic Deviate → Masculinity-Femininity → Paranoia → Psychasthenia → Schizophrenia → Hypomania → Social Introversion

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Important Questions from Personality

  1. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R); and indicate your answer using codes given below :
    Assertion (A) : According to Rollo May, to grow psychologically, our values must be constantly challenged.
    Reason (R) : Rollo May proposed that Neurotic anxiety occurs when our values are challenged.
  2. People tend to be in better physical health and are better able to cope with stress when they are provided with
    a. Physical comfort
    b. Moral comfort
    c. Psychological comfort
    d. Ideological comfort
  3. The fear of one’s own potential greatness and the ambivalent feelings toward greatness in others is called
  4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below : 

    List – I
    (Concept)
    List – II
    (Meaning)
    a. Daseini. Physical, objective world
    b. Umweltii. Human interactions
    c. Eigen welt   iii. Individual as being in tde world
    d. Mitweltiv. Self-awareness
  5. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R); and indicate your answer using codes given below :
    Assertion (A) : According to Adler, a child’s birth order is important in shaping his/her personality.
    Reason (R) : There are unique experiences associated with birth order of every child.
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