Assessing the Unconscious

Question 1

Projective Test

Answer 1

Provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics; lack validity

Question 2

Thematic Apperception Test

Answer 2

People express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes

Question 3

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 3

Identifies people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots

Lacks validity

Question 4

False Consensus Effect

Answer 4

Tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors

Question 5

Terror Management Theory

Answer 5

Supports Freud’s idea that we unconsciously guard against anxiety

Explores people’s emotional and behavioral responses to the reminders of their impending death.