M3_A1

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

Tasks:

In a minimum of 300 words, respond to the following:

• Given the norms of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), what do you need to consider when using the MMPI-2 profile with non-Caucasian individuals. Search the University online library resources and other scholarly sources for background information on this test.
• What are the cultural competencies necessary for an unbiased psychological evaluation and report? What ethical and multicultural issues do you need to address to ensure that the psychological evaluation is unbiased and accurate?

Submission Details:

• By Friday, June 16, 2017, post your responses to the Discussion Area below.

The MMPI-2 has come a long way... From its original standardization on Minnesota farmers the MMPI-2 has evolved to included various ethnic and age groups into its normative sample. However, there is still further research that needs to be done to expand the MMPI-2's utility to minority populations. What do you think can be done when norm samples are not available to individuals you are testing?