Hermann Rorschach

Criticisms and Current Uses of the Rorschach Test The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychological test that is used to determine certain mental disorders and hidden personalities. The inkblot test can provide some very innovative insights into someone’s unconscious, including hidden personalities and feeling. But it is frequently questioned for it’s validity and reliability. The Rorschach Inkblot test is highly controversial for many reasons but is still widely used today. Before someone…

On August 6, 1928 a little baby boy named Andy Warhol who was soon to be a famous American artist. His birthplace was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When Andy Warhol was in the third grade he had a disease called Sydenham's disease. During the time of his sickness he was stuck in bed but while he was in bed he would usually listened to the radio or usually collected pictures of famous people back then. Andy Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945. After high school he wanted to become…

A widely known psychological test, Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test, has persisted in the common consciences to the point of being a popular culture reference (Hubbard 76), even stemming the creation of a comic book character. In Watchmen, a graphic novel written by Alan Moore with illustrations by Dave Gibbons, the vigilante character named Rorschach acts as both a narrator and a psychological terror. His costume, namely his mask, furthers the idea of him as a morally alarming character.…

asking test-takers to describe an ambiguous stimulus or tell a story about it . viii. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) – people view ambiguous pictures and then make up stories about them ix. Rorschach inkblot test – people describe what they see in a series of inkblots. 1. Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach x. Terror-management theory – shows that thinking about one’s mortality provokes terror-management defenses 2. The trait perspective (493-503) A. Traits – people’s characteristic behaviors…

Defined by the differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, personality is as unique as a fingerprint. It is what differentiates us from other human beings and forms a person as a whole (“Personality”). Chapter 13 of David Myer’s Psychology focuses on personality and discusses its associated theories – the psychodynamic, humanistic, trait, and social-cognitive theories – as well as today’s research on one’s self. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian doctor of medicine, first…