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The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning.
Based on the correspondence of Rorschach, available in Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922): Briefwechsel, the publishing process was a two-year undertaking. [2] A second edition was edited by Walter Morgenthaler and published in 1932. [3] In 1942, it was published in English as Psychodiagnostics: A Diagnostic Test Based on Perception.
The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) [1] [2] is a scoring and interpretive method to be used with the Rorschach inkblot test. [3] This system is being developed by several members of the Rorschach Research Council, a group established by John Exner to advance the research on the Comprehensive System, the most widely used scoring system for the Rorschach.
As a medical student, Rorschach studied under psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, who had taught Carl Jung. In studying Freud's work on dream symbolism, Rorschach was reminded of his youthful inkblot hobby. He then created his Rorschach test to see if people's reactions to inkblots could be used as a tool to uncover unconscious desires. [1]
It is important that the Rorschach test and other projective tests be conducted by experienced professionals to ensure validity and consistency of results. [6] The Rorschach was commonly scored using the Comprehensive System (CS) , until the development of the newer scoring system, the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in 2011. [ 7 ]
Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is the largest psychological society focused on personality assessment. [1] It was founded in 1937 by Bruno Klopfer as the Rorschach Institute, renamed as The Society for Projective Tests and the Rorschach Institute in 1948, shortened to The Society for Projective Techniques in 1960, and given its current name in 1971.
Piotrowski signs are ten signs of organic brain disease that can be found from having patients analyze Rorschach tests. [1] They were identified by Zygmunt Piotrowski, who analyzed the Rorschach test interpretations of patients with organic brain disease, central nervous system diseases (non-cerebral), and conversion disorder.
Samuel Jacob Beck (1896–1980 [1]) was an American psychologist who worked on personality assessment and the Rorschach test. [2]He graduated from Harvard in 1926 and then attended Columbia University, where received his M.A. in 1927 and Ph.D. in 1932.