01:830:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thematic Apperception Test, Castration Anxiety, Introjection
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Story of jean marie vs roselle: life long buddies, friends for life, jean maire hits roselle, mom consoles her, roselle hits her in the back of the head. Psychological tests 2 categories: objective consisting of objective items or questions, projective comprised of ambiguous stimuli ( inkblots) Asses what person projects onto others why is this important: by projecting onto an ambiguous stimulus, we learn of the individual"s own traits, needs, and conflicts. Thematic apperception test (tat: series of pictures task is to create stories. Stories reflect personal themes conflicts problems and characters that are important in the person"s world. Incomplete sentences tests: what bothers me is that, other people. Methods used by society to fight off excessive levels of anxiety. All defense mechanism have the following characteristics in common: deny, distort, falsify reality, unconsious processes. Repression: abrupt and involuntary removal from awareness any threatening impulse/even. Denial: blocking of external events from entry into awareness.