PSY 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Rorschach Test, Hermann Rorschach, Projective Test
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Assessment: projective tests, psychoanalysts are faced with a particular problem when designing methods to measure the personality structures of interest to them. By definition, the most important concepts are those the test taker is unable to communicate directly. If a client can readily define a psychological conflict, the conflict obviously is not buried deeply in the unconscious and therefore is unlikely to be the key to understanding the person"s problem. But how can psychoanalytic therapists and researchers measure unconscious material. The alternative is to avoid direct reporting altogether. Test takers answer by explaining what they see, telling stories about the images, or somehow having a reaction to the content. The tests are designed to include no clues about correct or incorrect answers. One person can see a bat and an elephant, while another identifies a classroom and a woman in mourning. As the name suggests, psychoanalysts consider these responses predictions from the unconscious.
