Deck 18: Projective Techniques

Question 1

The term "projective technique" was introduced into personality assessment by the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Projective techniques are based on the theorizing of psychoanalysts and other depth psychologists.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Because they require shorter responses, word association tests tend to be more reliable and valid than sentence completion tests.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Interpretation of projective drawings is often based on assumed parallels between the drawings and the person's life.

Question 5

On the Rorschach test, examinees are directed to tell a story about each inkblot, indicating what is going on now, what led up to it, and how they think it will turn out.

Question 6

A large number of detail responses on the Rorschach Inkblot Test has been found to occur among persons with compulsive personalities.

Question 7

By careful selection of a larger number of inkblots and restricting examinees to one response per blot, the Holtzman Inkblot Technique has achieved greater reliability than the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

Question 8

Responses on the Rorschach can be interpreted either quantitatively or qualitatively.

Question 9

The Rorschach is considered to assess the content of personality whereas the Thematic Apperception Test assesses the structure of personality.

Question 10

The Thematic Apperception Test is more popular and more effective in revealing hidden desires and conflicts than the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

Question 11

The stories on both the Children's Apperception Test and the Blacky Pictures are interpreted according to the Freudian theory of stages in psychosexual development.

Question 12

Projective techniques

A) are basically modified forced-choice techniques.
B) are relatively unstructured situations or materials.
C) should be administered only by psychiatrists or social workers.
D) purport to measure the more superficial aspects of personality.

Question 13

All of the following except __________ are projective techniques.

A) apperception tests
B) inkblots
C) Q-sorts
D) word associations

Question 14

Projective techniques have been most influenced by __________ theory.

A) behavior
B) existential
C) phenomenological
D) psychoanalytic

Question 15

Projective drawings have traditionally been interpreted by __________ methods.

A) actuarial
B) behavioral
C) impressionistic
D) statistical

Question 16

Which of the following did Goldberg conclude to be one of the most valid of all projective techniques for purposes of diagnosis and research on personality?

A) apperception techniques
B) inkblot techniques
C) sentence completions
D) word associations

Question 17

What do Forer, Miner, Rohde, and Rotter all have in common?

A) They all adapted the Thematic Apperception Test to special groups of people.
B) They all devised word association tests.
C) They all devised sentence completion tests.
D) They all experimented with projective drawings.

Question 18

The method of word association, which was introduced by Francis Galton, was first applied in a clinical setting by

A) Alfred Adler.
B) Sigmund Freud.
C) Lewis Goldberg.
D) Carl Jung.

Question 19

Which of the following names is most closely associated with the assessment of frustration?

A) Rohde
B) Rorschach
C) Rosenzweig
D) Rotter

Question 20

Which of the following could probably be most easily defended as a legitimate "projective technique"?

A) graphology
B) phrenology
C) physiognomy
D) somatotypology

Question 21

The House-Tree-Person (HTP) is a(n) __________ technique.

A) apperception
B) association
C) construction
D) inkblot

Question 22

On the Rorschach Inkblot Test, several good whole response are purportedly indicative of

A) a sense of cosmic oneness.
B) emotionality and imagination.
C) free-floating anxiety.
D) higher-order thinking ability.

Question 23

Giving color responses on the Rorschach is considered to reflect how the person responds to

A) emotions.
B) thoughts.
C) relationships.
D) internalizing defenses.

Question 24

The Rorschach is considered to assess the __________ of personality, whereas the Thematic Apperception Test assesses the __________ of personality.

A) quality, quantity
B) structure, quantity
C) content, structure
D) structure, content

Question 25

Which of the following is not a scoring category for the Rorschach?

A) location
B) stem
C) popularity
D) human movement

Question 26

Only one response per card is permitted on the

A) Children's Apperception Test.
B) Holtzman Inkblot Technique.
C) Rorschach Inkblot Technique.
D) Thematic Apperception Test.

Question 27

The __________ was constructed by conventional psychometric and statistical procedures.

A) Holtzman Inkblot Technique
B) House-Tree-Person Test
C) Rorschach Inkblot Test
D) Thematic Apperception Test

Question 28

Which of the following is the parent instrument of all picture-story tests?

A) Blacky Pictures
B) Michigan Picture Test
C) Symonds Picture Story
D) Thematic Apperception Test

Question 29

What are the advantages and disadvantages of projective techniques for measuring personality, and how do they compare with personality inventories in this respect?

Question 30

Summarize the controversy over projective techniques.

Question 31

Describe John Exnerʹs comprehensive system for scoring the Rorschach.

Question 32

Describe variations and modifications of the Thematic Apperception Test (a) for children, (b) for minority groups, (c)for older adults.

Question 33

What future changes do you foresee in personality assessment instruments and procedures, and in the functions and/or applications of personality assessment?