Ragu Kandibedala
Mrs. Carone
Language Arts
12/ /15
Rorschach RST
The way to test one's intelligence is to give him/her an actual test, not to show him/her a simple inkblot. The Rorschach Test was invented in 1921 by Hermann Rorschach. It was a symmetrical inkblot on a white sheet of paper, and was shown to people to test if they could piece together pictures. Though it is popular, it has lots of controversy. Despite the fact fact that the Rorschach test is still widely used, it is an inaccurate and imprecise way to test someone’s mental capacity and stability.
Rorschach tests are fruitless because someone could say anything and the answer would suffice. In a Rorschach Test, there are perpetual answers. An exam should have a right answer. If a kid was taking a test in a class, and he could write anything and it would be right, there would be no point in taking the test. Source B believes, “ ‘There is no “right” answer to what you see in their forms.’ ”(B). Source B is telling us that the Rorschach test is useless because there is no right answer to compare the person’s answer to. All in all, Rorschach tests should not be used because the test can be easily passed by a haphazard answer. …show more content…
When people take the test, they don't say what they are thinking about, they say what they see. Say someone is thinking of buying a new car. When they see a shape that clearly looks like a bat, they won’t say that it is a pickup truck. Source C says, “ ‘I told you! It’s an inkblot. They’re all inkblots!’ ”(Source C). Source C is saying that people say the first thing that pops into their head, and you can’t base someone's personality on their impulsivity. The Inkblot test can't determine anyone's personality because people say the first thing that comes to their
Mrs. Carone
Language Arts
12/ /15
Rorschach RST
The way to test one's intelligence is to give him/her an actual test, not to show him/her a simple inkblot. The Rorschach Test was invented in 1921 by Hermann Rorschach. It was a symmetrical inkblot on a white sheet of paper, and was shown to people to test if they could piece together pictures. Though it is popular, it has lots of controversy. Despite the fact fact that the Rorschach test is still widely used, it is an inaccurate and imprecise way to test someone’s mental capacity and stability.
Rorschach tests are fruitless because someone could say anything and the answer would suffice. In a Rorschach Test, there are perpetual answers. An exam should have a right answer. If a kid was taking a test in a class, and he could write anything and it would be right, there would be no point in taking the test. Source B believes, “ ‘There is no “right” answer to what you see in their forms.’ ”(B). Source B is telling us that the Rorschach test is useless because there is no right answer to compare the person’s answer to. All in all, Rorschach tests should not be used because the test can be easily passed by a haphazard answer. …show more content…
When people take the test, they don't say what they are thinking about, they say what they see. Say someone is thinking of buying a new car. When they see a shape that clearly looks like a bat, they won’t say that it is a pickup truck. Source C says, “ ‘I told you! It’s an inkblot. They’re all inkblots!’ ”(Source C). Source C is saying that people say the first thing that pops into their head, and you can’t base someone's personality on their impulsivity. The Inkblot test can't determine anyone's personality because people say the first thing that comes to their