Introduction to Rorschach PP #8

Question 1

Interpretive Activities: Scan

Answer 1

• Quickly scan profiles for high or low scores.
  Red and black icons.
• Goal is to be familiar with the scores before beginning formal interpretation.

Question 2

Interpretive Activities: Sift

Answer 2

• Sift carefully through the interpretive possibilities for each variable.
• Sifting vs. Synthesizing:
  Sifting: refining the meaning of the specific score.
  Synthesizing: linking information and inferences across scores.

Question 3

Interpretive Activities: Synthesize

Answer 3

Consider how all the variables in each domain together help form an overall picture of the person’s functioning in that domain.

Actively challenge hypotheses and beware of the confirmation bias.

Question 4

Interpretive Activities: Summarize

Answer 4

Formulate final answers to referral questions.
Clarify uncertainties and contradictions and challenge inferences a final time.

Focus on what was learned from administering this complex visual-spatial task, as well as what still needs to be determined.