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The Rorschach, a Comprehensive System Vol. 1: Basic Foundations
The second edition of the third volume is devoted to the use of the Rorschach Inkblot Test with children and adolescents. This new edition includes updated norms and scoring procedures based on changes that first appeared in the system in the revised volume 2. The third edition of volume 1 provides the authoritative introduction to the basic principles of the Test and explains how to administer, score and interpret the results. The second edition of volume 2 is devoted to advanced scoring and interpretation, including structural and content assessment, diagnosis and prediction and special issues concerning the interpretation of various pathological conditions. Volumes 1 and 2 have both been revised within the last two years and this revision of volume 3 brings the entire set up to date.
- GenresPsychologyNonfiction
522 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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February 24, 2017
The definitive source material for anyone wanting to understand the practice and interpretation of the Rorshach test. Exner proposes a quantitative system for interpreting Rorshach test responses.
This first book explains the principles, the second book includes the more advanced scoring method for actually performing the test by Exner's standard. It is a big book, but with persistence, you can skim through to what you need to know.
Regardless of whether you agree with it or not as a legal standard of mental health, the book does fairly well at portraying its message: it is well structured and organised for people fairly new to this but who have a basic general familiarity with psychology texts.
One of the hiliarious things about the test, and one to remember, is that no matter how insane the images you say you are seeing in a given inkblot, if you explicitly declare that they are cartoon images (i.e. I am seeing a cartoon of [insert horrific imagery here]), you are seen as no less sane (if anything, more) than if you had made no response at all.
In short: shaky foundations, but consistent methodology.
This first book explains the principles, the second book includes the more advanced scoring method for actually performing the test by Exner's standard. It is a big book, but with persistence, you can skim through to what you need to know.
Regardless of whether you agree with it or not as a legal standard of mental health, the book does fairly well at portraying its message: it is well structured and organised for people fairly new to this but who have a basic general familiarity with psychology texts.
One of the hiliarious things about the test, and one to remember, is that no matter how insane the images you say you are seeing in a given inkblot, if you explicitly declare that they are cartoon images (i.e. I am seeing a cartoon of [insert horrific imagery here]), you are seen as no less sane (if anything, more) than if you had made no response at all.
In short: shaky foundations, but consistent methodology.
May 3, 2008
Don't roll your eyes about the ink blot test. An expertly adminstered, scored, and interpreted protocol can be admissible in a court of law!
December 13, 2010
Dude, I feel sick. Is that a guy wearing a tux made of bacon? Just kidding - it's a tee shirt. Made of bacon.
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