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projective test

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projective test [prə′jek·tiv ′test]
(psychology)
Observation of a subject's responses to various test materials presented in a relatively unstructured, yet standard situation.
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And it's tempting, then, to assume that writing works as what psychologists call a projective test, which analyses responses to ambiguous stimuli; the Rorschach inkblot test being the most well known.
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Limitations of projective tests include the extensive training required for their proper administration, scoring, and interpretation; demands on the clinician's time in administering and scoring them; controversies in scoring methods; variability in interpretation among clinicians; validity of psychoanalytic theory; lack of validity scales; susceptibility to coaching and malingering (particularly with presence of the Internet); and inability to assess cognitive deficits.
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