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- 1. ALKA V. III B.SC.PSΨCHOLOGY KURIAKOSE ELIAS COLLEGE RORSCHACH’S INKBLOT TEST
- 2. Hermann Rorschach Swisspsychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His education in arts helped in the invention of the inkblots. He continued developing his inkblot tests until his premature death at the age of 37. He is the author of the book Psychodiagnostik.
- 3. Rorschach Inkblot Test Using interpretations of ambiguous designs used to be a game in the late 19th century. Its an idea that goes back to Leonardo da Vinci, and Botticelli. It was not originally intended to be a projective personality test. It was meant to produce a profile of people with Schizophrenia. Rorschach was sceptical of his test being used as a projective test.
- 4. Rorschach Inkblot Test Is a psychological test in which subject’s perception of inkblots are recorded and interpreted. It is used to determine the personality of subjects. Uses inkblots on paper as test material.
- 5. Rorschach Inkblot Test It is a widely used projective test. Projective tests are personality tests designed to let people respond to ambiguous stimuli, which reveals inner emotion and turmoil. It is used to determine thought disorders. Especially when the subjects are reluctant to share their thinking processes.
- 6. Rorschach Inkblot Test-Cards Consists of 10 bilaterally symmetrical (mirrored images) inkblots 5 achromatic inkblots 2 black, red, and white cards The remaining 3 – multi-coloured. Reliability: internal reliability of .85 or higher. Validity: has been found to be moderate to low (.30).
- 7. Rorschach Inkblot Test-Cards The cards are thick and rectangular cardboards of the size 6 5/8 inches by 9 1/5 inches. The cards are generally kept secret to the public so that there is a spontaneous reaction from the test participant. The psychologist sits in an informal setting, giving the participant one card after another. Notes are taken on anything the psychologist thinks would help in decoding the results.
- 8. Administration Free associationphase The cards are shown to the subject The subject is asked to tell what is on each of the cards Inquiry phase The examiners tries to determine which aspect of the inkblot played a role in the perception of the image by the subject What made it look like a (percept)? Is it the mainly the shape? How important was the colour?
- 9. Administration Testing thelimits Asks specific questions, identify confusions and misunderstandings Determining whether the subject can refocus percept when given a new frame of reference.
- 10. Scoring Includes 15special scores for responses such as unusual verbalizations and aggressive movement. Features Location: part of the inkblot that was utilized in forming the percept Determinants: the qualities of the inkblot that determines what the individual perceives. (shape, colour, texture)
- 11. Scoring Content: contentcategory of the response. (whole human, human detail, animal, food) Popularity: frequency of response. Form: how accurately the individual’s perception matches the corresponding part of the inkblot.
- 12. Location Where? Entireblot Common detail Unusual detail Use of white space
- 13. Determinants Why? Ex.Shape, colour, texture Form Colour Human movement Animal movement Texture response …
- 14. Content What? Human Animal Human anatomy Animal anatomy Object Blood Fire Plant
- 26. Limitations Lack ofan objective system. Lack of satisfactory internal consistency. Failure to provide evidence for clinical validity. Individual differences between groups of normal subjects. Failure to find any significant relationships between Rorschach scores and intelligence, or creativity.
- 27. References Groth, G.,Marnat. (2003). Handbook of psychological Assessment. (4th edition). Canada: Wiley. NCERT. Textbook for class 12. New Delhi: Ncert.