Inkblot test (rorschach inkblot)

Inkblot test (rorschach inkblot)

1. Inkblot test (Rorschach inkblot test) By Muhammad Musawar Ali MPHIL, ICAP

2. Rorschach inkblot test

3. Rorschach inkblot test Is a psychological test in which subjects perception of inkblot are rescored and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex scientifically derived algorithms, or both. Some psychologist use these test to examine a person personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employ to detect an underlying thought disorder especially in the case where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly.

4. Who is Harmann Rorschach? He was a swiss psychiatrist whose interest included art and psychoanalysis particular work of Carl Jung. In 1913, he published paper on how analysis of patients artwork could provide insights to personality.

5. Inkblot cards Roschach consist of ten (10) Bilaterally Symmetrical (mirrored image) inkblot printed in separete cards. Five (5) achromatic inkblot or without color\black and white. Two (2) inkblot are black, red, and white. The reaming three inkblot are multicolored.

6. Contents: Stimulus cards(10) Response sheet Manual

7. Material require for administration All the test content Stopwatch Different color pencils Good seating arrangement

8. steps of Administration

9. steps of Administration Introducing the subject to the technique Giving the test instruction The response phase The inquiry phase

10. Introducing \ Test Instruction Site side by side Cards should not be made visible before Appropriate order with card I on top Hand the person the first card and asking “What might be this?”

11. Probable questions How many things I should find? Can I turn it? “It is up to you.” Should I just use my imagination? “Just tell me what you see there”. Examiner should use good common sense and answered in a non direct way. The client should hold the card.

12. Administration Responses or Free Association Phase Test taker is instructed to tell what is on each of the cards “What might this be?” Inquiry Phase Examiner attempts to determine what feature of the inkblot played a role in formulate the test taker's percept (perception of an image).

13. Responses phase Verbatim, no probing, silence by examiner is the rule I don’t se anything there Take your time, we’re in no hurry (everyone can find something) If you take time and look some more, I think you’ll find something else too. Response time to be noted Total time to be noted

14. Inquiry phase Conducted after all responses are given to all 10 cards Gain information needed to score accurately Nondirective questions Complete location sheet Not used to generate new information “OK., we’ve done them all. Now we are going to going back through them. It won’t take long I want to help me see what you saw. I m going to read what you said, and them I want you to show me where in the blot you saw it and what is there that makes it look like that, so I can see it too. I’d like to see it just like you did, so help me now. Do you understand.”

15. Inquiry [ cont.] Focus on gaining information and ask question on: Location (where is it) Deteminants ( what makes it look like that?) Content ( what is it?) Example Responses: It is a pretty flower Inquiry : E: (repeats responses) S: yes that the stem & here are the patals E: U mentioned that it is pretty

16. Scoring

17. Location Where Entire blot = W Commaon detail= D Unususal detail= Dd and dD Use of white space=S

18. Determininants Why F= form\shape C=color FC= shape and color CF= color and shape M= human movement FM= animal movement Fc = texture response Fk = shading response Fm= object movement

19. Content Human= H Animal= A Human Aantomy = At Animal Anatomy= Aat Object= Obj Blood= blood Fire= fire Plant= plant Clouds= clouds Geographical= Geo Human like (ghost, cartoon)= (H) Animal like (dragon, cartoon)= (A) Human part= Hd Animal parts= Ad food= Fd Sex= sex Abstract= Abs Force= m

20. Popular responses

21. Responses form

22. Interpretaion

23. Interpretation Interpretation consist of three steps Listing the sequences of codes or scores Recording the frequency for each variable Performing various calculation required to obtain the ratio, percentages and derived scores

24. Calculation

25. Calculation Total responses Popular responses Color shock and shading shock Form quality Qualitative analysis Quantitative analysis