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Rorschach's Inkblot Test
1. ALKA V.
III B.SC. PSΨCHOLOGY
KURIAKOSE ELIAS COLLEGE
RORSCHACH’S INKBLOT TEST
2. Hermann Rorschach
Swiss psychiatrist 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 association phase
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 the limits
Asks specific questions, identify confusions and misunderstandings
Determining whether the subject can refocus percept when given a new
frame of reference.
10. Scoring
Includes 15 special 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: content category 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.
26. Limitations
Lack of an 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.
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