The title reads, Examining the Unconscious;
Projective Personality Tests.
The psychoanalytic perspective holds that some aspects of personality exist beneath conscious awareness. Projective personality tests seek to uncover these characteristics. Ideas and anxieties in the unconscious will appear in descriptions of ambiguous stimuli, revealing previously hidden conflicts that the test administrator can evaluate. Accompanied photo shows a set of seven thematic apperception test cards. Text below the photo reads, the standard administration of the TAT presents a selection of 5 to 12 cards. The participant is asked to tell a story for each scene, including what the characters are feeling and how the story might end.
Another text block beside the photo reads, Test administration; The best-known projective tests, the Thematic Apperception Test, TAT and the Rorschach Inkblot Test, are both conducted in the same way. Citation, Lilienfeld, Wood, and Garb, 2005; The test administrator presents a series of picture cards, one at a time, then records the participant’s responses. The administrator also notes behaviors such as gestures, tone of voice, and facial expressions. A set of three photos are shown beside the text. First photo shows an inkblot represented in green color. Second photo shows the inkblot represented by pink color. The third photo shows another inkblot represented by purple color.
Text below the photos reads, The Rorschach has 10 cards with symmetrical inkblots, 5 in color and 5 in black-and-white. The participant is prompted to give multiple responses for each image, identifying details.
Another text block reads, Test Interpretation; To help decrease the influence of administrator bias in interpretation of projective tests, comprehensive systems have been developed to standardize scoring and interpretation of some tests. For the Rorschach Inkblot Test, responses are coded on dimensions such as location, whole inkblot or one detail, themes, unique or consistent, and thought processes. Citation, Edberg, 1990. The use of a comprehensive system allows administrators to compare typical and atypical responses.
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES are listed as follows;
These sample responses are representative of this type of inkblot. Citation, Burstein and Loucks, 1989.
EXAMINER RESPONSES are listed as follows;