PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cortisol, Thematic Apperception Test, Comprehensive School
1 May 2012
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Tests that say more about the person giving the test as opposed to the person taking the test. Tests that categorize humans into a few small boxes. Idea that the ways we create meaning in a neutral (meaningless) stimulus is highly unique. Not concerned with what individuals saw, but how they saw it; space, movement, color were more important than objects. Comprehensive system allows it to be reliable, but no claims of validity are backed by evidence. Regularly taught in apa approved clinical graduate programs, used by licenced psychologists. Depending on the tester, very different results. You"re given a picture, told to tell the story" of and behind it, explain what"s going on, etc. , then the psychologist breaks that down. Idea that stories told to explain a picture offered deep insights unknown to the individual. Test creators felt individuals shold not be told test results because they couldn"t handle the truth about themselves .
