History of Projective Techniques in Psychology

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Who is credited with the real impetus for projective techniques?

  • Alfred Adler
  • Sir Francis Galton
  • William Shakespeare
  • Hermann Rorschach (correct)

Which psychologist brought the inkblot test to America in the 1920s?

  • David Levy (correct)
  • Binet and Henri
  • William Stern
  • Morgan and Murray

Who used clouds as test stimuli before Rorschach introduced inkblots?

  • Alfred Adler
  • David Levy
  • Binet and Henri
  • William Stern (correct)

When was the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) introduced?

<p>1935 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who carefully described the process of projection in 1938?

<p>Morgan and Murray (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The term projective gained popularity following which psychologist's widely discussed 1939 paper?

<p>L.K. Frank (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has impeded efforts to demonstrate reliability and validity of Rorschach tests?

<p>Different general Rorschach approaches (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Exner and Exner (1972) discover about clinicians' scoring of the Rorschach test?

<p>22% of clinicians did not formally score the Rorschach at all (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is now virtually a requirement for research publication regarding Rorschach protocols?

<p>Scoring the Rorschach in a systematic fashion (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many clinicians surveyed by Exner and Exner reported using a highly idiosyncratic scoring system for the Rorschach?

<p>75% (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a distinguishing feature of the inkblots used in the Rorschach test?

<p>They are symmetrical from right to left (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the emigration of psychoanalytic adherents to the United States in the 1930s play a role in the confusion surrounding Rorschach tests?

<p>It led to the creation of different general Rorschach approaches (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What issue arises around the reliability of projective tests according to the text?

<p>The difficulty in establishing the test-retest reliability due to psychological changes in individuals. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do clinicians struggle to determine the equivalence of alternate forms for TAT cards or inkblots?

<p>Establishing whether alternate forms are equivalent to each other. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In relation to projective tests, what aspect should specific questions about validity focus on according to the text?

<p>Determining if a test predicts specific behaviors or traits in certain situations. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What facilitated the development of the Rorschach test in the United States?

<p>Disenchantment with objective inventories. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did the subsequent development and elaboration of the Rorschach test occur, according to the text?

<p>United States (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which stimulus did Hermann Rorschach use to develop his inkblot test?

<p><em>Inkblots</em> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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