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projective test

A psychological test in which a subject's responses to ambiguous or unstructured standard stimuli, such as a series of cartoons, abstract patterns, or incomplete sentences, are analyzed in order to determine underlying personality traits, feelings, or attitudes.

projective test

(Psychology) any psychological test, such as the Rorschach test, in which the subject is asked to respond to vague material. It is thought that unconscious ideas are thus projected, which, when the responses are interpreted, reveal hidden aspects of the subject's personality

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projective test - any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations

projective device, projective technique

personality test - any test that is intended to assess personality

inkblot test, Rorschach, Rorschach test - a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot

Thematic Apperception Test, TAT - a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

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inkblot test personality assessment personality inventory personality test projective device projective technique questionnaire Rorschach Rorschach test self-report inventory self-report personality inventory TAT Thematic Apperception Test			And it's tempting, then, to assume that writing works as what psychologists call a projective test, which analyses responses to ambiguous stimuli; the Rorschach inkblot test being the most well known. It's basically not about you by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) These tests could be an inventory type of survey, projective tests, or even role playing exercises. Optimism: the significance of individual contribution and perception by Knight, Michael; Elsaid, Abdel Moneim M.K. / Research and Practice in Human Resource Management Limitations of projective tests include the extensive training required for their proper administration, scoring, and interpretation; demands on the clinician's time in administering and scoring them; controversies in scoring methods; variability in interpretation among clinicians; validity of psychoanalytic theory; lack of validity scales; susceptibility to coaching and malingering (particularly with presence of the Internet); and inability to assess cognitive deficits. Psychometrics: a valuable tool by Menaster, Michael / Clinical Psychiatry News			prohibitory Prohibitory index Proin proinflammatory proinsulin project project management project manager projected projected map display projectile projecting projection projection booth Projection of a point on a plane Projection of a straight line of a plane projection print projection room projection screen projection television projectionist projective projective device projective geometry projective technique projective test Projectment projector Projecture projet prokaryon prokaryote prokaryotic Prokayotae Proke Prokhorov Prokofiev Prokopyevsk prolactin prolamin prolamine prolan prolapse Prolapsion Prolapsus prolate prolate cycloid Prolate ellipsoid Prolation Prolatum prole			Projective Geometry Low-Density Parity-Check Projective group Projective identification Projective infinity Projective line Projective linear group Projective map Projective method Projective Metric Projective orthogonal group Projective personality assessment Projective personality test Projective personality test Projective personality test projective plain curve Projective plane projective point Projective psychological test Projective space Projective space over a division algebra Projective Special Linear Projective special orthogonal group Projective special unitary group Projective surface projective technique projective technique projective technique Projective techniques Projective techniques Projective techniques projective test Projective tests Projective tests Projective tests Projective topology Projective transformation Projective transformations Projective varieties Projective variety projectively Projectment Projecto de Desenvolvimento Educativo para Portugal Projecto de Intervenção do Chafariz de Dentro projector projector projector projector Projector Camera Systems projector compass Projector Infantry Projector Infantry Anti-Tank Projector Quantum Monte Carlo Projector screen Projector, Light Projectors Projectors Projectors Projectors projects projects projects

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