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projective technique [prə′jek·tiv tek′nēk] (psychology) A procedure used to identify and evaluate an individual's characteristic modes of thought and behavior, personality traits, attitudes, and motivation, by means of an objective test. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Although the rosebush fantasy has previously been used as a projective technique, the authors submit the technique for use as a subjective art activity that allows the counselor to understand the child's phenomenological world. I have always been struck with the problem faced by the believers in projective technique tests when Evelyn Hooker demonstrated to them that their tests could not distinguish persons who were homosexual from heterosexuals, something which they had strongly believed could be done (Hooker, 1957). Her most significant work was a paper delivered in 1956 to the American Psychological Association in Chicago and published the next year as ``The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual'' in The Journal of Projective Techniques. |
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