At the end of her job interview, a woman is given the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. To make a good impression, when she sees items such as "I am sometimes bothered by things that shouldn't upset me,"
and "I don't always tell the truth," she answers that these statements are not true. It is most likely that the person scoring the test will
a. conclude that the woman has mental illness.
b. question the validity of the test.
c. be impressed with the woman's honesty.
d. not notice anything unusual about the woman's responses
Answer: b. question the validity of the test.
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