PSY 3303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Erich Fromm, John Bowlby
5 Mar 2016
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Chapter 4 freud"s psychoanalytic theory: applications, related theoretical conceptions, and. They should be accurate or valid and they should be quick and efficient. Projective tests were inspired by freud"s free association method; they were more efficient. The defining feature of projective tests is that the test items are ambiguous and the person being assessed is asked to respond to a series of these images. In order for an individual to respond to these tests, they must interpret the image and try to find out what it means, revealing the person"s personality. The individual will project aspects of his or her own personality onto the test item when interpreting it. Projective testing allows people to respond in complex ways as they interpret test items so that psychologists can analyze complex patterns of thinking: psychoanalytical theory emphasizes the importance of the unconscious and defense mechanisms. Projective tests facilitate a holistic interpretation of the individual because.
