Projective Test

Question 1

Important descriptive coding of Rorschach?

Answer 1

Objects seen in Rorschach- P, O, U, M.

Special scores: PER, Deviant response(often on verbal slip-ups)

Question 2

How does an assessor score properly?

Answer 2

Do not cherry-pick data
Be considerate when giving out M(really bad connotation)
Use discretion about clinically significant details vs. Careless mistakes
Do not give special score based on mistakes

Question 3

How can an assessor be incompetent and unethical? Does that happen often?

Answer 3

It does happen often.
If they claim they know for something “for sure” about a person based on their responses. Without thinking of other reasons.
If they give scores that will significantly impact person’s test result(Minus, special scores) without careful consideration

Question 4

Psychoanalytic interpretations from Rorschach?

Answer 4

1. Intellectualization defense mechanism if the assessee uses “you” a lot during assessment
2. Mirror as narc,
3. Two same objects as narc
4. Food as emotional need
5. 3-D as Form depth
6. Spider/ Octopus/fish as over encroaching mother

Question 5

What interpretations are based on stats norms?

Answer 5

1. Impulsivity with response styles
2. Bpd and schizophrenia see x-rays
3. Animals as common thinking
4. Have trouble seeing colors as emotionally out of touch
5. Paranoid people see eyes
6. Hypervigilant personality
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Question 6

Psychoanalytic interpretations that dr. A disagrees with?

Answer 6

Two same objects as narc
Form depth as insight
Food as emotional need

Question 7

Psychoanalytic interpretations in Rorschach/exner tests that Dr A agrees with?

Answer 7

Response style of “you” implies intellectualization as unhealthy defense mechanisms
Seeing mirror as narc

Question 8

How does Dr A use TAT in official assessment?

Answer 8

1. Does not use the official scoring system. But uses his own “normalized data”- trends and patterns from clients
2. Doesn’t “over-psychoanalyze” every detail
3. Ues convergent evidence- doesn’t infer about the person with one card, even whole deck of card

Question 9

What does the TAT trigger in people?

Answer 9

underlying narratives, themes, motives, values, coping mechanisms, defense mechanisms,

Question 10

What is the cultural discrepancy in TAT? What’s the significance of that?

Answer 10

there is no people of color in the cards. Not culturally competent

Question 11

What can you tell about a person from their TAT assessment

Answer 11

conflict resolution, thought process, problem-solving, memory retainment, planning ahead, emotional intelligence, environment perception

Question 12

What type of containment in short-term psychodynamic therapy is most important?

Answer 12

Object-relations. As a “transference” relationship, therapist supposed to model containment for the client.

Question 13

Sometimes it’s not the story about TAT that’s important, but rather…

Answer 13

client’s answer to Dr. A’s follow up questions drawing their traits out

Question 14

some people who focus on miniscual details of the pictures?

Answer 14

OCD and obsessive personality

Question 15

Person with average IQ, see different contradictory pieces of evidence of TAT?

Answer 15

they are able to make the inconsistency work together

Question 16

for object relations, what is therapist supposed to model?

Answer 16

How to access strong emotions, and how to contain it