18 Questions
Who is credited with the real impetus for projective techniques?
Hermann Rorschach
Which psychologist brought the inkblot test to America in the 1920s?
David Levy
Who used clouds as test stimuli before Rorschach introduced inkblots?
William Stern
When was the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) introduced?
1935
Who carefully described the process of projection in 1938?
Morgan and Murray
The term projective gained popularity following which psychologist's widely discussed 1939 paper?
L.K. Frank
What has impeded efforts to demonstrate reliability and validity of Rorschach tests?
Different general Rorschach approaches
What did Exner and Exner (1972) discover about clinicians' scoring of the Rorschach test?
22% of clinicians did not formally score the Rorschach at all
What is now virtually a requirement for research publication regarding Rorschach protocols?
Scoring the Rorschach in a systematic fashion
How many clinicians surveyed by Exner and Exner reported using a highly idiosyncratic scoring system for the Rorschach?
75%
What is a distinguishing feature of the inkblots used in the Rorschach test?
They are symmetrical from right to left
Why did the emigration of psychoanalytic adherents to the United States in the 1930s play a role in the confusion surrounding Rorschach tests?
It led to the creation of different general Rorschach approaches
What issue arises around the reliability of projective tests according to the text?
The difficulty in establishing the test-retest reliability due to psychological changes in individuals.
How do clinicians struggle to determine the equivalence of alternate forms for TAT cards or inkblots?
Establishing whether alternate forms are equivalent to each other.
In relation to projective tests, what aspect should specific questions about validity focus on according to the text?
Determining if a test predicts specific behaviors or traits in certain situations.
What facilitated the development of the Rorschach test in the United States?
Disenchantment with objective inventories.
Where did the subsequent development and elaboration of the Rorschach test occur, according to the text?
United States
Which stimulus did Hermann Rorschach use to develop his inkblot test?
Inkblots
Learn about the historical development of projective techniques in psychology, from William Shakespeare to Hermann Rorschach. Discover how various psychologists used different methods like word-association tests, inkblots, and recalling first memories as projective tools.
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