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Rorschach test
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Rorschach test: see personality personality, in psychology, the patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion unique to an individual, and the ways they interact to help or hinder the adjustment of a person to other people and situations.
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; psychological tests psychological test, any of a variety of testing procedures for measuring psychological traits and behavior, or for studying some specialized aspect of ability.
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Rorschach test
Psychol a personality test consisting of a number of unstructured ink blots presented for interpretation

Rorschach test [′rōr‚shäk ‚test]
(psychology)
A projective psychologic test in which the subject describes what he imagines seeing in a series of 10 standard inkblots of varying designs and colors.


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Developed in the 1920s, The Rorschach Inkblot Test was already mired in controversy within 30 years, but it was later revived with the publication of John Exner's Comprehensive System (CS), which detailed standards and norms for analyzing results.
This reminds one of the Rorschach inkblot test (7) reflecting organic forms and used by psychologists to evaluate dimensions of emotional response.
Byline: MICK SMITH IT'S like one of those Rorschach inkblot tests - you know the ones, where depending on whether you see a butterfly or a bogey man gives an insight into your mental wellbeing.
 
 
 
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