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The Rorschach Test

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While working in a psychiatric hospital with adolescents, he noticed that certain children gave characteristically different answers to a popular game known as blotto (Klecksographie). Rorschach’s original study contained 405 people. Rorschach divided people who were non-patients into two categories: educated and not educated. It is also thought that the test's reliability can depend greatly on details of the testing technique, such as where the tester and subject are seated, any opening words, verbal and nonverbal answers to subjects' questions or comments, and how answers are recorded. Exner has published complete instructions, but Wood, cites many court cases where these had not been followed. Dr. Bogacki stated under oath "many psychologists do not believe much in the validity or effectiveness of the Rorschach test" and US v Battle (2001) ruled that the Rorschach "does not have an objective scoring system. …show more content…

Exner's system was thought to have normative scores for several people. But, beginning in the mid-1990s others began to try to copy or update these norms and failed. In particular, conflicts seemed to focus on guides measuring narcissism, disordered thinking, and discomfort in close relationships. Despite the disapproval of usage of the Rorschach in the courts, out of 8,000 cases in which forensic psychologists used Rorschach-based testimony, the importance of the instrument was confronted only six times, and the proof was ruled irrelevant in only one of those cases. One study has found that use of the test in court has improved by three times in the decade between 1996 and 2005, compared to the previous fifty years. Others however have found that its usage by forensic psychologists has

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