Question 1

Identify and discuss the use of three nonpictorial projective tests. Compare their methods, uses, reliability, and validity to those of the Rorschach.

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Three nonpictorial projective tests that...

Question 2

The first stimulus cards created by Rorschach were developed by

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A)  throwing loose ink on blank paper hung on a clothes line.
B)  hand drawing unique and intricate abstract designs.
C)  dropping ink onto a piece of paper and folding it.
D)  smudging ink onto paper using sponges.

Question 3

The issue of projective test usage creates strong debate among professionals. Take a position, pro or con, and defend that position using the information in the text.

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I take the position against the usage of...

Question 4

The two phases of Rorschach administration are called

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A)  phase I and phase II.
B)  free response and determinant.
C)  free association and inquiry.
D)  associational and inquiry.

Question 5

Compared to the Rorschach, standardization of administration and scoring of the TAT

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A)  is clearly better.
B)  is about the same.
C)  is clearly worse.
D)  is inconsistent.

Question 6

Early demonstrations of the Rorschach included validation by

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A)  reviews by content-area experts familiar with the underlying constructs.
B)  performance of individuals who analyzed the responses of individuals they had never met, making a diagnosis, and validating the diagnosis against other data sources.
C)  large-scale field work that involved thousands of individuals tested by hundreds of administrators whose skill levels varied.
D)  standard psychometric methods that yielded surprisingly high validity.

Question 7

Among projective tests that overinterpret data without sufficient empirical foundation, the worst offenders are

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A)  thematic apperception tests.
B)  inkblots.
C)  projective drawing tests.
D)  word completion tasks.

Question 8

Supportive evidence in favor of the Holtzman Inkblot Test

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A)  is highly objective.
B)  is based on quantitative features.
C)  appears to depend on examiner skill.
D)  depends on formal interpretive standards.

Question 9

Adding information from the Rorschach to information from other sources does not improve diagnostic accuracy and may even decrease it. This indicates the lack of

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A)  incremental validity.
B)  reliability.
C)  standardized scoring.
D)  relevance.

Question 10

The work of which theorist underlies the Thematic Apperception Test?

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A)  Beck
B)  Murray
C)  Freud
D)  Jung

Question 11

Describe how Exner's Comprehensive System attempted to address the problems associated with the original Rorschach.

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Exner's Comprehensive System attempted t...

Question 12

An analysis of existing results concerning the reliability of the TAT indicates that when specific variables such as the need for achievement are studied,

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A)  respectably high reliability figures are found.
B)  low reliability figures are found.
C)  modestly positive reliability figures are found.
D)  inconclusive results are found.

Question 13

Validity studies of the TAT suggest that

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A)  validity of the TAT depends on high test-retest reliability.
B)  validity of the TAT depends on high split-half reliability.
C)  there is content-related validity.
D)  validity of the TAT does not depend on split-half reliability.

Question 14

Who first introduced the Rorschach to the United States?

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A)  Marguerite Hertz
B)  J. Kerner
C)  David Levy
D)  Samuel Beck

Question 15

The main difficulty with the Holtzman Inkblot Test is

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A)  cumbersome administration.
B)  questionable validity.
C)  lack of an alternative form.
D)  lack of normative data.

Question 16

Despite findings that indicate it is perhaps the most psychometrically sound projective test, the ____ is rarely used in clinical settings.

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A)  Draw-A Person Test
B)  Children's Apperception Test
C)  Washington University Sentence Completion Test
D)  Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank

Question 17

Cooperative movement on the Rorschach refers to

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A)  a  conceptual agreement between perceptions of multiple stimuli.
B)  the tendency to perceive pleasant concepts in stimuli.
C)  the perception of two or more people, animals, or objects moving in unison.
D)  a perception of positive interaction between humans or animals in a stimulus.

Question 18

If an individual taking the Rorschach said, "It looked like one; here are the feet, head, tail, and wings," the determinant would be

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A)  content.
B)  location.
C)  form.
D)  popular.

Question 19

Use of the Kuder-Richardson formula

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A)  corrects for faking.
B)  yields analyzable data.
C)  increases estimates of reliability.
D)  eliminates random variability.

Question 20

Word association tests can be traced back to

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A)  Kerner.
B)  Galton.
C)  Cattell.
D)  Guilford.

Exam 14: Projective Personality Tests

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Early demonstrations of the Rorschach included validation by

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Describe how Exner's Comprehensive System attempted to address the problems associated with the original Rorschach.

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Adding information from the Rorschach to information from other sources does not improve diagnostic accuracy and may even decrease it. This indicates the lack of

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Supportive evidence in favor of the Holtzman Inkblot Test

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The issue of projective test usage creates strong debate among professionals. Take a position, pro or con, and defend that position using the information in the text.

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An analysis of existing results concerning the reliability of the TAT indicates that when specific variables such as the need for achievement are studied,

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Word association tests can be traced back to

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The two phases of Rorschach administration are called

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