Psychological Test with Sheet, Booklet for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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content: 1943
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content: Hathaway, Starke R.
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content: McKinley, J. Charnley
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content: Psychological Corporation
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content: Ohio-born clinical psychologist Starke R. Hathaway (1903-1984) and Minnesota native and neurologist John Charnley McKinley (1891-1950), both of the University of Minnesota, developed this personality test in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It was designed to match patterns of answers to questions about personal preferences with psychiatric disorders. An early version of the test, dubbed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Schedule, was published in 1942. This particular examination, called the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, first appeared in 1943. Included with this example is a blue sheet for scoring answers.
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content: The form was designed for patients sixteen years old or older who could read. The authors distinguished patterns of responses relating to such disorders as hypochondria, depression, hysteria, psychopathic personality, paranoia, and schizophrenia.
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content: The MMPI came to be widely adopted and has been revised in recent years.
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content: References:
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content: Traxler, Arthur E. "Current Construction and Evaluation of Personality and Character Tests." <I>Review of Educational Research</I>, 1944, 14, # 1, pp. 55-66, esp. p. 56 - accessed March 23, 2020.
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content: Hathaway, S.R. and McKinley, J.C., “A Multiphasic Personality Schedule (Minnesota): Construction of the Schedule,” <I>Journal of Psychology</I>, 1940,10, pp. 249-254.
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content: A Multiphasic Personality Schedule (Minnesota): II. A Differential Study of Hypochondriasis (with S. R. Hathaway). Journal of Psychology, 1940, 10, pp. 255-268, 1940. The authors also published several further articles – for references, see Traxler.
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content: Mathematics
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content: Psychological Tests
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content: Gift of David Gold
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1989.0710.43
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content: 1989.0710.43
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content: 1989.0710
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content: Psychological Test With Sheet
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in