The Rorschach Test: A Validation Study

A rating scale was completed by a Parker Elementary school teacher, Mrs. Smith for 8 year old Andrea. The Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale (DBRS) consisted of 50 questions with responses with zero representing rarely/hardly ever, one representing occasionally, two representing frequently, and three representing most of the time. The scale utilized is used by clinical professionals for diagnostic purposes of four different areas for behavior concerns these include: distractible, oppositional, impulsive-hyperactivity, and antisocial conduct. The rating scale was completed on 1/31/1992.

How long does it take to administer? The full-length form is done in 15 minutes and the short-length form is done in 5 minutes.

Every case is going to different, and all of these factors will not be used or given the same weight for every case. There are many mental health tests in which psychiatrists and psychologists use in their field today. So, we will only cover one of them as an example to show for the aforementioned factors. The Rorschach test is a projective test and is used for diagnosis of mental disorders and personality description. It is also inadmissible under Daubert, so we can conclude no other projective tests are admissible either. So, why is it not admissible? Let’s answer the questions listed earlier.

The Functional Assessment Screening Tool (FAST) is a 16-question rating scale formatted with yes or no answers. Utilization of this method reduces the potential for bias and subjectivity seen in the interview. Once administered, the FAST aides in identifying maintaining variables as either social or non-social factors, such as positive or negative reinforcement, or automatic reinforcement (Fisher et al., 2011). Completion of the FAST will reveal the likely maintaining variables of aggressive behaviors as either access to preferred activities or tangible items or escape by calculating the total number of positive answers under each category; a predominantly higher number of “yes” responses in a category identifies the maintaining factor. Although reliability and validity analysis have not been conducted for the FAST, through providing the tool to both parents and teacher, comparisons may be completed which will enable interrater agreement (Cooper et al., 2007; Fisher et al.,

Did you ever ask yourself who you really are? The Rorschach test tries to answer to this question. The Rorschach test is a projective test which means the subjects projects his unconscious mind and thoughts in the image to describe and explain it. There are a lot of different projective tests, but in this case, an inkblot test. In this essay we will discuss whether this test is still valid or not. We are firstly going to present you the creator of this test and what it is all about, after that, we will present you the different inkblots and what they reveal, and finally we will debate on the reasons that pushes this test to be more invalid than valid.

It seems like the word association test and the Rorschach test would be great in the analyzing portion of the counseling session, but what treatment plan would you come up with if it were me and following a Jungian approach I think that talk therapy is key so that the client can transfer their feelings to the counselor who can then reinterpret and retransfer a new set of feelings. I chose psychoanalytic theory and went with a narrative approach which is very similar only it views the client's life as a story that they can rewrite and it focuses on

To administer the test, an examiner, trained in the field of psychology, presents one inkblot at a time and the person he assesses says what each card portrays based on his emotional, and intellectual state. The examiner keeps notes of clients verbal interpretation as well as his nonverbal behavioral responses, such as silence, facial expressions, and gestures. Next, he asks the client based on which perceptions, internal (personality) and/or external (inkblot) characteristics he utilized or was influenced by in order to respond, and once again the administrator keeps notes. Afterwords, the responses are categorized and evaluated based on client's distinguished observations and/or movements derived from the cards,

The Rorschach test, used first in 1918, has been the center of much controversy in the field of psychology. This particular test uses print inkblots in order to test many factors within clients based on how they answer when asked about the pictures. Although Hermann Rorschach never made it known where he got the idea for the Rorschach test, it is believed it was inspired by the game Blotto, which was a game which used inkblots. The Rorschach test was originally used to test patients with schizophrenia during which Rorschach discovered that these patients responded significantly in a different way from others without schizophrenia. Later, Rorschach began working more with the test using forty inkblots in his original studies but only using fifteen of them commonly with his clients. Today, this test is used by highly trained professionals who are studying personality based on scoring clients’ answers to questions about the inkblots. (Framingham, 2016)

classifying Sharon’s behaviors from teacher, parent, and child perspectives and checked response patterns, consistency, and F Index.

Aggressive-rejected children use physical and aggressive force to isolate themselves from their peers. They are stubborn, overcritical, and have low social skills due to their aggressive tendencies. They believe most of their peers are against them and they use aggression to deal with their peers attitudes toward them. These children are often considered bullies because they pick on the

Hermann Rorschach a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst created the controversial Rorschach inkblot test in 1921 to measure or detect underlying thought disorders, social behaviour and personality characteristics such as such as people with schizophrenia or other mental disorders. I have collected a few examples of different inkblot test for instance, different patterns, choice of colours and computerized effects on top of some of the inkblot to create an image. I like how simple, effective and creative the design for the one you can see either a bird, plane or superhero. I could try doing some experimentation to see how it goes and if it links in with my final concept design for the book or zine, the two posters and the promotional

Rorschach test shall be interpreted on the basis of only one answer, but refers to the sum total of responses, and also to observe and interpret the patient's behavior during the response to the test. Respondents during the test are looking at the card and need to say what they see, focusing on the entire image or only one aspect, by providing answers or explanation that comes to mind, and all the answers recorded in a test. Content can be interpreted symbolically, and examiners should know how to answer shapes, observation, reasons for this answer or its contents. Researchers often criticize projective techniques because of scarce scientific evidence of their reliability. Critics reliability projective tests cite opposition assessment of various

An estimated 62.7$ billion per year is paid by society for the care and treatment of people with schizophrenia even though they only make up .4% of the population leading to the need for further study of schizophrenia (Moore et al., 2013). Three researchers from Alliant International University and two researchers from University of California San Diego; Moore, Viglione, Rosenfarb, Patterson and Mausbach, decided to look at the relationships between “thought disorder, psychological complexity, and interpersonal representations with daily and social functioning in people with schizophrenia” (2013). Moore et. Al. (2013) start their article, “Rorschach measures of cognition relate to everyday and social functioning in schizophrenia” by explaining why their investigation into thought disorder is warranted using previous findings and what they hope to get out of this qualitative study.

The Rorschach is a projective personality test, which measures personality functioning and assess personality structure. This instrument was published originally in 1921 by Rorschach. Although there were inkblot tests existed prior to the Rorschach, this was the first empirically based system. The assessor interprets the client’s responses to 10 bilaterally symmetrical inkblot images (Groth-Marnat, 2009). The images are ambiguous and non-figurative in nature. Some of the images are in black and white and others contain colors. The Rorschach differs from other projective tests such as Thematic Appercepetion test (TAT). The Rorschach is known as a type of associative or structural technique whereas TAT is a type of construction technique (Campos, 2011). The scoring of responses is done according to the location (or the

The Rorschach Test is a projective test designed by Hermann Rorschach using ambiguous images. These images are created using randomly placed ink on a white surface, folding it, and creating a mirror image on the other side. What you see is a projection of your personality and inner dynamics. By analyzing what one interprets, you should be able to identify their feelings. Inkblots were first normed by asking fifty people what they see and determining what the five most common images were. One person’s data, after the inkblots were normed, was further analyzed using an abbreviated Rorschach scoring sheet.