Research has shown that children who are neglected by their parents score high on the _____ scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

a. paranoia
c. depression
b. aggression
d. hysteria


ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Ten years after the initial study involving parents of 8-year-old children, the children, then age 18, were given the depression scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Those whose test scores showed they were more depressed had been neglected in childhood by their parents.

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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