Also, your responses may be recorded and anonymously used for research or otherwise distributed. Open-Source Psychometrics Project. Background The Rorschach Test is a projective psychological test developed in by Hermann Rorschach to measure thought disorder for the purpose of identifying mental illness. Test Instructions This test consists of ten images. Participation This test is provided for educational and entertainment use only. I am also sceptical about the scientific validity of the Rorschach.
But I do think it is a useful tool in therapy and coaching as a way of encouraging self-reflection and starting a conversation about the person's internal world. Here's an example of how I have used the Rorschach:. Samantha is a year-old lawyer. She is happily married and has recently discovered she is pregnant. She and her husband had been trying to conceive for the past year.
I used the Rorschach as part of a leadership coaching programme with her. To give you a flavour of the Rorschach in practice, here are her responses to this card. You can see their heads, arms and legs spread out. They are stirring the cooking pot, making food.
I know it's silly - and probably because I'm pregnant, but the 3 red things on each side look like newborn babies with the umbilical cords still attached. When I think of that, the 4 two people could be a mummy and daddy holding a Moses basket or cot.
Look, you can see the blanket round the side. That reminds me of work, which I haven't thought about for ages. Parents divorcing and fighting over the children. God forbid that would happen to me. Samantha is a well-adjusted, confident and successful woman who is experiencing a particularly happy period in her life.
It is clear to see how she projects the themes of her current life on to the inkblot. Even Rorschach himself was tentative about the blot being used as a personality test; he'd developed it only to diagnose schizophrenia. Still, a whole century later, the general consensus is that, yes, your interpretation of a random inkblot will say something about you.
Card IV is designed to test your response to authority. This one demonstrates your feelings towards authority, and, in some cases, the male sex. Your response indicates how you feel about the ruling presence in your life. After seven wildly confusing black-and-white blots, people often express relief when they get to Card VIII, and sometimes say that it looks like a strange four-legged animal.
It's the first multicolored card in the set, as well as the most complex, meaning that people who have difficulty processing information often stumble with this one. The breadth of colors apparently represents an emotional spectrum, and some people feel weirdly uncomfortable about Card VIII — in particular, those with a touch of social anxiety, or those who sufferer from emotional disorders.
There are ten distinctive inkblots in the Rorschach test, and 45 in the Holtzman test , a second-generation inkblot test designed to fix the errors in Rorschach's.
It was , after all. At present, it's the second most-used test to determine personality and is utilized across the psychiatric board — and you can absolutely be court-ordered to take it.
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