Ask yourself whether they seem like things that normal people might think, feel, say, or do. Some of these are "lie" questions intended to trip you up some are meant to ferret out those who have schizophrenia and other very serious illnesses. A caveat to this is: some questions clearly will not be things that normal people feel or do (i.e., "I think the voices in my head are trying to control me"). So-called "normal" people tend to answer in the middle on many questions. Extreme answers indicate false answers or mental illness. What they are looking for is people who answer on either side. Even if you feel really, really angry, just say that you feel a _little_ angry. But (and I can't stress this enough), DON'T put extreme answers on the other side either.
Does it seem like normal people might feel or do whatever the question is asking? Then go ahead and be honest. The ultimate key to psychological tests is MODERATION. And if you answer at the other extreme of the scale (you say that you NEVER get angry), they will also tag you as trying to fake the test out.
Don't be afraid to answer honestly to these types of questions. You will also see many questions on these tests that say things like "Sometimes I feel angry". If your answers consistently don't match up (because you answered "very much so" on some questions and "not at all" on other, related questions), you will be tagged as a fake. Additionally, lie scales sometimes are composed of statistical "grouping comparisons" (sorry, I don't know what a better term is), in which they compare your answers on, for instance, all the questions about how angry you are, or how you perceive your own intellectual functioning. 1=completely true, 5=completely false." Questions that use extreme kinds of words like ALWAYS or NEVER may be lie scale questions - people who are just filling in bubbles don't answer these in a normal way consistently. An example might be, "I believe that people should NEVER take vacations. It is sometimes composed of hidden (and often odd or seemingly pointless) questions within the test itself that have extreme answers. These tests usually include a "lie" scale, which is designed to tell if you answered honestly to questions. And this is what I would do if the government wanted to test me for a psychological disorder using an MMPI (or something similar). However, I have worked in the field for some length of time and have seen many many MMPI results and their interpretations, I administer and score "personality" type tests sometimes as a part of my own research, and I have spoken at great length with individuals who administer these tests for a living about what they are designed to test.
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I thought I might try to provide a little public service for my fellow DUers and let you know not only that these tests are beatable (yes, you too can fake sanity!) but how to do it (in my opinion). There has been a lot of talk on here lately about the coming "psychological exams".
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