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 tendency to see human figures and create stories about them suggests that she may be projecting her own thoughts and feelings onto the artwork, which is a common concept in projective tests, such as the Rorschach inkblot test. Classical conditioning, behavior sampling, and objective tests do not involve this type of projection.

When Anna Looks at Some Modern Artwork at the Museum