This is fun for psych geeks

[Adelaide]

I have been learning how to administer and score a certain psychological test, and for extra credit, I get to take it and malinger. So, I received my "diagnosis" this morning and now I have to go take a 2-hour test and fake the symptoms without setting off the 12 internal validity scales (which basically always catches lying, image management, inconsistencies, and malingering unless you know the scales extremely well). I get the extra credit if I am successful at malingering my disorder without setting off the validity scales.

There is no way to know what item numbers match up with what because there is no list and many questions are correlated to multiple scales that measure everything from depression to marital distress and psychopathic deviancy (120+ scales). So, I have to know based on what I have learned what each question could potentially be linked to.

I'm so excited. I get to do this with two other formal assessments this semester. What a fantastic way to learn this. I'm off to go malinger!


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[Calypso Jones]

My daughter in law is in this field. started at bottom with counselling, now she is in administration.

[Adelaide]

I'm a monster.

My results were perfect. I even faked a common comorbid physical condition that showed up on a specific health scale and gave myself a mild pill addiction as a coping mechanism. Fanatastic.

[jet57]

I'm a monster.

My results were perfect. I even faked a common comorbid physical condition that showed up on a specific health scale and gave myself a mild pill addiction as a coping mechanism. Fanatastic.

Go to acting school for polishing and start a new career.

[Adelaide]

Go to acting school for polishing and start a new career.

$#@! that, I should be a spy. These scales are impossible to fool - it even catches people unconsciously being defensive or in denial.

I am stoked!

[jet57]

$#@! that, I should be a spy. These scales are impossible to fool - it even catches people unconsciously being defensive or in denial.

I am stoked!

Good for you! It sounds like you beat an MMPI.

[roadmaster]

I thought I was smart in my youth. Could easily cheat a lie detector. Passed every time. The mafia never expected me. The one thing that others didn't have is the mind to never fear. If you don't have this you will fail.

[stephenpe]

$#@! that, I should be a spy. These scales are impossible to fool - it even catches people unconsciously being defensive or in denial.

I am stoked!

You realize many in here (a scary too many) would have no need to fake on your "detect the crazy" test.......

[Cotton1]

You realize many in here (a scary too many) would have no need to fake on your "detect the crazy" test.......

One of the best days in my life was when i figured out everyone else was crazy , not me

[Cotton1]

My daughter in law is in this field. started at bottom with counselling, now she is in administration.

Interesting. I started off as an observer and now I'm in counseling