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Test Procedures.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 1 –5

Discusses the procedures for the Rorschach test. Test conditions for the Rorschach experiment approximate those of any other test; that is, the subject should be seated comfortably and should be at ease with the examiner, rapport having been established before the test proper is begun. It is...

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How to Score a Record.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 6 –18

The Rorschach test is not scored for the correctness or incorrectness of the answers. The scoring is a translation of the responses into symbols, and, so far as possible, states in abbreviated form what the subject has said. The symbols should be the equivalent of the responses. These symbols...

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Column 1: Area or Location.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 19 –34

The first scoring column is concerned with what part of the Rorschach plate the subject used for his response. When the entire blot is necessary to the interpretation, the response is called a whole response. All whole answers are the result of the individual's effort to take the entire situation...

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Column 2: Determinants of the Responses.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 35 –58

The purpose of the second scoring column for the Rorschach is to indicate why the subject made the particular interpretation. The most frequent interpretations are those made primarily on the basis of form. To say that form is the basis of an interpretation means that the shape of the blot is the...

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Column 3: Content of the Responses.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 59 –66

The third scoring column of the Rorschach test concerns the content of the response, that is, the subject matter of the interpretation. For the purpose of relating the content of the responses to the other factors in the test, certain general group names or classifications are most generally...

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Additional Test Factors.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 67 –73

The giving of a popular answer during the Rorschach test indicates an ability to think in line with the group, to share in the thoughts of one's fellow men. It implies an intellectual and emotional adaptation to the life about one, a participation in the group reaction. It shows a receptivity to...

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Intelligence.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 74 –77

It is obvious that to obtain a global personality picture, it is necessary to evaluate the intelligence, which is an integral part of the personality. In this chapter we propose to integrate all that we have said in previous chapters concerning the intelligence level and how to estimate it....

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The Cards.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 78 –83

Each Rorschach plate presents a different situation and embodies a different experience. Each blot therefore has a specific quality of its own and responses may be evaluated only if the plate is truly understood. In addition, the structure of the blot renders certain types of responses more usual...

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Interpretation.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 84 –86

The results of the Rorschach test, when correctly interpreted, should give a picture of a functioning personality. The portrait should reveal certain salient facts about the subject, namely: the degree and kinds of emotional responses that he is capable of making and the methods that he uses to...

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Normal Adult Records.

Bochner, Ruth; Halpern, Florence

Pages: 87 –106

This chapter presents the Rorschach records of three normal adults, by which is meant individuals who have never been hospitalized for mental illness, never visited a mental hygiene clinic or psychiatrist, and who to all practical intents and purposes are making satisfactory social and economic...

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