PSYC37H3 Chapter 14: Chapter 14
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In practice psychologists conduct assessments: tests in conjunction with historical data, face to face contact, interviews and experience to test hypotheses about individuals. Projective personality tests perhaps most controversial and misunderstood psychological tests. Attacked on variety of scientific and statistical grounds. Rorschach continues to be one of widely used tests in clinical settings. Found that five projective techniques rorschach and tat among 10 testing instruments most frequently used. Ror by far most referenced projective personality test and rank third only to mmpi and neo. Rationale underlying projective tests: projective hypotheses: attempt to understand an ambiguous or vague stimulus, their interpretation of that stimulus reflects their needs, feelings, experiences, prior conditioning, thought processes. Subject finally sees in a stimulus is assumed to be reflection of personal qualities or characteristics. Examiners can never draw absolute, definite conclusions from single response to ambiguous stimulus; only hypothesize what a test response means. Problem many factors can influence one s response to them.
