Scientific American: Psychology
Infographic Activity 10.3 Examining the Unconscious: Projective Personality Tests
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.
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