PSYCH-190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Rorschach Test, Projective Test, Thematic Apperception Test
28 Sep 2020
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A projective personality test in which individual interpretations of meaning of a set of unstructured inkblots are analyzed to identify a respondent"s inner feelings and interpret his or her personality structure. A projective personality test in which respondents revel underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people. A series of clear stimuli (usually items) designed to assess a particular personality. An individual"s characteristic style of behaving, thinking, and feeling. A standard series of ambiguous stimuli designed to elicit unique responses that reveal inner aspects of an individual"s personality. Personality is formed by needs, strivings, and desires largely operating outside of awareness motives that can produce emotional disorders. An active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person"s deepest instincts and desires, and the persona inner struggle to control these forces.
