3. What is objective?
Problems of self-report data
Reactions against objective tests:
• Moving away from norms, more personalized
• Fix faking: Project structures on unstructured
objects so that hidden, unconscious thoughts can
be uncovered (assume that the subjects do not
know how you would interpret the results and so
they cannot fake their responses)
4. Rorschach test
Unveil hidden thought process
Moving away from norm-referenced
(objective) tests, but over the years
psychologists developed “norms” and
standards to interpret the results
Psychometric soundness is an issue
Some consider this a structured interview,
not a “test”
5. In the following exercise please try to give
your honest response (What pops up in
your mind immediately). Don’t worry about
whether it is socially acceptable or not.
There will be no ethical or legal
consequences. The instructor has put this
in writing.
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16. Inkblots as Projective Stimuli
• The Rorschach
• Pictures as Projective Stimuli
The Thematic Apperception Test: Some components
may predict important outcomes in spite of low reliability
Other tests using pictures as projective stimuli
• Words as projective stimuli
Word association tests
Sentence completion tests
17. The Production of Figure Drawings
• Very often for children who have limited verbal
skills.
• Figure-drawing tests: Multi-dimensional? Affected
by drawing skills
Projective Methods in Perspective
• Assumptions: Projective hypothesis
• Situational variables
• Psychometric considerations
18. Mary is 35-year old. She is attractive
and has a doctorate in nuclear
physics from MIT. Her career is
considered very successful because
by the age of 30 she became a full
professor in UCLA. But she has
problems in relationship. She tried e-
harmony.com and were approached
by several men. But none of them
continued dating with her after three
meetings. How can you help her?
What personality assessment
approach will you use?
19. Next time when she has a date, you can
go with her and observe how she interacts
with the man from a distance (use a
camera with a telephoto lens)
20. Approaches to Behavioral Assessment
• Behavioral observation and rating scales
• Situational performance measures
• Role play
• Psychophysiological methods
• Unobtrusive measures e.g. Website traffic log
Advantages:
• provide behavioral baseline data.
• provide behavioral strengths and weaknesses across
a variety of situations and environmental conditions.
21. Tell a story by looking at a picture.
You may expose your conscious or unconscious
ideas through your language usage.
http://www.utpsyc.org/TATintro/
22. The woman in the picture is a female
scientist. She is brilliant, but she is under
the supervision of a male scientist. The
man is not as good as the woman, but he
is the boss. He will take the findings as his
own and claim the credit. It is unfair.
