A group of 36 normal college students was administered the Alcohol Addiction Test and Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test under three conditions. Significant contrasts between the scores obtained under the honest and simulated alcoholism conditions showed that normal subjects can simulate alcoholism on these inventories.
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