17 - Projective Personality Testing

Question 1

Fields

Answer 1

Ambiguous Stimuli

Question 2

Response Types

Answer 2

1. Constitution: forming a holistic entity
2. Interpretive: describing what a stimulus-situation means to them
3. Cathartic: discharging affect for emotional release
4. Constructive: building in a reflective way

Question 3

Projective Hypothesis

Answer 3

Whatever a person does when exposed to a field will reveal important aspect of their personality

Question 4

Illusory Correlation

Answer 4

Tendency to perceive associations between signs and psychopathology where none exist

Question 5

Disadvantages to Projective Measures

Answer 5

• Low incremental validity
• Lacking standardized instructions, scoring algorithms, and well-calibrated norms
• Low reliability (inter-rater and test-retest)
• Poor validity
• High likelihood of measurement error