When Anna looks at some modern artwork at the museum, she often thinks she sees human figures or faces and likes to make up stories about them. When she tells the stories to her friend, her friend says that the stories reflect Anna's unconscious thoughts. In psychological terms, what Anna does is most similar to

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Anna's interpretation and storytelling about the artwork suggests that she is projecting her unconscious thoughts and feelings onto the images, which is the goal of projective tests. Classical conditioning involves learning by association, behavior sampling involves recording specific behaviors, an objective test measures specific traits or characteristics, and naturalistic observation involves observing behavior in its natural environment.

When Anna Looks at Some Modern Artwork at the Museum