Deck 14: Projective Techniques

Question 1

One key feature of projective techniques is that they utilize the _____ format as opposed to the _____ format found in objective personality tests.

A) selected-response…free-response
B) selected-response…constructed-response
C) free-response…constructed-response
D) constructed-response…selected-response

Answer 1

D

Question 2

"If the stimulus for a response is ambiguous, then the response itself will be determined by the examinee's personality dynamics." This statement is a summary of the _____.

A) ambiguous hypothesis
B) projective hypothesis
C) personality hypothesis
D) free-response hypothesis

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The two principal uses for projective techniques include _____ and _____.

A) research…assessment of response style
B) research…supporting psychoanalytic personality theory
C) assessment of group dynamics…research
D) assessment of individual cases…research

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the eight most widely used projective techniques?

A) Rorschach Inkblot Test
B) Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test
C) Family Analysis Test
D) Children's Apperception Test

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a feature of projective tests that can lead to higher rankings of test usage?

A) They are often used as an informal ice-breaker during a clinical interview.
B) Most projectives are easy to score and are therefore widely used.
C) Most have a variety of scoring systems, each one constituting a different test.
D) Many projective techniques are used for multiple assessment purposes.

Question 6

All of the following are reasons for a psychologist to prefer using a projective test EXCEPT ___.

A) Projective tests tend to be more valid than objective measures in assessing personality traits.
B) Most projectives do not require reading, so they are useful for those who cannot read or who read at a very low level.
C) Many projective techniques allow for development of a broad range of hypotheses about personality dynamics.
D) Projective tests tend to be more difficult to fake than objective personality tests.

Question 7

One of the reasons given for preferring use of a projective test over an objective personality test in some cases is that the projective test is generally ___.

A) more reliable
B) less expensive
C) less susceptible to faking
D) more dependent on reading ability

Question 8

Which is a fundamental characteristic of all projective techniques? The test stimuli to which examinees respond must be ___.

A) nonverbal
B) verbal
C) ambiguous
D) clear-cut

Question 9

Projective techniques typically use what type of response format?

A) constructed-response
B) selected-response
C) written
D) oral

Question 10

Which is NOT one of the widely used projective techniques?

A) TAT
B) HTP
C) KFD
D) MAT

Question 11

What term is used to describe use of a test in an informal way to help establish rapport with a client?

A) ice-breaker
B) confidence-builder
C) introducer
D) how-do-you-do

Question 12

In surveys of test usage, which test is sometimes classified as a projective technique and sometimes as a neuropsychological test?

A) Rorschach
B) Bender
C) Sentence Completion
D) TAT

Question 13

The textbook identifies three approaches to scoring projective techniques. Which of these is NOT one of them?

A) formal
B) informal
C) atomistic
D) holistic

Question 14

The informal scoring approach to projective techniques means that ___.

A) test users follow established rules to yield specific scores that can be related to norms.
B) the test allows for a diagnostic classification based on the overall impression given by the examinee's responses.
C) the test is rigorously scored to aid in psychometric research.
D) tests are not scored, but they are used like elements in an interview to develop hypotheses that will be pursued later.

Question 15

What does the text suggest about professional opinion regarding use of projective techniques? Opinion is _____________.

A) Almost wholly positive
B) Almost wholly negative
C) About equally divided between positive and negative

Question 16

Administration of the Rorschach under the Comprehensive System proceeds in two phases, the _____ phase in which the examiner asks "What might this be?" and the _____ phase in which the examiner may ask "Show me where you saw this?".

A) inquiry…verbatim
B) response…verbatim
C) inquiry…response
D) response…inquiry

Question 17

In administration of the Rorschach under the Comprehensive System, how many responses are desired to consider the results interpretable?

A) 2
B) 14
C) 56
D) 100

Question 18

Location codes on the Rorschach indicate _____.

A) the part of the test during which unusual responses are given.
B) the location of the test administration.
C) the location of the inkblot on the card.
D) the part of the card the examinee references.

Question 19

Special scores on the Rorschach identify _____.

A) responses occurring in at least one-third of the total responses to a card
B) what features of the blot influenced the examinee's responses
C) special circumstances in the administration of the test
D) unusual features of responses

Question 20

"Popular" responses to a Rorschach stimulus card are those that constitute _____.

A) the most frequent responses in that individual administration
B) at least one-third of the total responses to that card in that administration
C) at least one-third of the total responses to that card in the norm group
D) the most interesting responses in that individual administration

Question 21

Hermann Rorschach's 1921 book is titled ___.

A) Psychodiagnostik
B) Psychoanalysis
C) The Rorschach: A comprehensive system
D) Interpretation of symmetrical figures

Question 22

How many Rorschach inkblots (cards) are there?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 25
D) 50

Question 23

Each Rorschach inkblot card is identified by a ___.

A) letter
B) Roman numeral
C) Arabic numeral
D) color

Question 24

Currently, the most widely used system for administering and scoring the Rorschach is that developed by _______

A) Freud
B) Exner
C) Klopfer
D) Holtzman

Question 25

In the Comprehensive System for administering the Rorschach, the first phase of administration is called the _____________ phase.

A) stimulus
B) response
C) starter
D) oral

Question 26

In the Comprehensive System for administering the Rorschach, the second phase of administration is called the _____________ phase.

A) closer
B) protocol
C) inquiry
D) hidden

Question 27

Scoring responses to the Rorschach is called _______.

A) tallying
B) crediting
C) marking
D) coding

Question 28

When applying Location codes in the Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach, what symbol indicates reference to an unusual detail?

A) X
B) D
C) Dx
D) Dd

Question 29

Features of a Rorschach inkblot that influenced a person's response to the blot are called ___.

A) causal links
B) pointers
C) shapers
D) determinants

Question 30

In the Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach, responses that occur in at least one-third of the norm group's responses to a card are called ___.

A) frequents
B) populars
C) commons
D) normals

Question 31

Which of the following research conclusions about the Rorschach is false?

A) Validity data vary enormously.
B) Application of the Exner system generates reliable scores for many but not all variables.
C) Application of personalized scoring systems generates reliable and valid results.
D) When the test is administered and scored in a standardized manner, it produces some respectable validity evidence.

Question 32

Developed by Henry Murray, the _____ asks examinees to make up a plot or story to describe the happenings in an ambiguous picture.

A) Thematic Apperception Test
B) Adult Apperception Test
C) Family Apperception Test
D) Murray Apperception Test

Question 33

_____ and _____ determine which TAT cards are used with an individual examinee.

A) socioeconomic group…age (child or adult)
B) gender…ethnicity
C) gender…age (child or adult)
D) socioeconomic group…gender

Question 34

To most people, the pictures on the TAT cards appear to be ___.

A) gloomy
B) happy
C) aggressive
D) school-related

Question 35

The full TAT contains how many cards?

A) 12
B) 30
C) 50
D) 65

Question 36

Different TAT cards are intended for use with different subgroups. The subgroups are divided by ________.

A) race and gender
B) age and level of education
C) race and level of education
D) age and gender

Question 37

The TAT was an outgrowth of work on _______.

A) Murray's needs system
B) Freud's unconscious drives
C) Skinner's reinforcement schedules
D) Rogers' client-centered therapy

Question 38

Which is a widely used spin-off from the TAT?

A) Infant's Apperception Test
B) Women's Apperception Test
C) Depression Apperception Test
D) Children's Apperception Test

Question 39

The textbook suggests that use of the TAT may be declining due to the TAT's -

A) lack of a systematic scoring system
B) greater cost than the Rorschach
C) lack of cultural sensitivity
D) sex bias

Question 40

Examinees usually complete the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank in about ___ minutes.

A) 5
B) 20
C) 60
D) 120

Question 41

Which statement best summarizes the stability of the target trait as measured by the RISB?

A) stable over both short and long periods of time
B) unstable over both short and long periods of time
C) stable over short periods but not over long periods
D) stable over long periods but not over short periods

Question 42

What is the general procedure for obtaining a total score on the RISB?

A) score each item, then sum the item scores
B) score only the 5 most unusual responses
C) disregard the first 5 and last 5 items, but score all other items
D) score only the 10 most typical responses

Question 43

High scores on the RISB indicate _____.

A) an attempt to "fake good"
B) very good adjustment
C) moderate levels of adjustment
D) maladjustment

Question 44

The Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB) purports to measure only one construct, that is ___.

A) intelligence
B) spelling
C) anxiety
D) adjustment

Question 45

The ??_____ differs from other frequently used projective techniques because the physical arrangement of the test encourages _____ to each item.

A) Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank…an expansive response
B) Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank…a concise response
C) Thematic Apperception Test…a concise response
D) Thematic Apperception Test…an adjusted response

Question 46

One lesson learned from an examination of the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank is that ___.

A) the trait (adjustment) measured by the RISB appears stable over long periods
B) good inter-rater reliability cannot be achieved for a projective measure
C) development of specific scoring criteria is possible for a projective stimulus
D) adjustment, as measured by the RISB, is too unstable to yield good reliability data

Question 47

Each of the following projective tests can be classified as human figure drawings EXCEPT ___.

A) House-Tree-Person Test (HTP)
B) Draw-A-Person Test (DAP)
C) Kinetic Family Drawing Test (KFD)
D) Draw-A-Figure Test (DAFT)

Question 48

Among the projective techniques, HTP stands for ___.

A) House-Tree-Person
B) Happy Thematic Perception
C) Hogan's Test of Personality
D) Haptic Touch Process

Question 49

The first widely used Draw-a-Man Test was intended as a measure of -

A) creativity
B) artistic ability
C) non-verbal intelligence
D) maladjustment

Question 50

A common opening direction in the usual application of the draw-a-person test is to draw a picture of ___.

A) yourself
B) one of your parents
C) me (the examiner)
D) a teacher

Question 51

The second step in the usual application of the draw-a-person test is to draw a picture of -

A) a person of the opposite sex
B) one of your parents
C) a friend
D) a disabled person

Question 52

Which are popular offshoots of the draw-a-person test?

A) HTP & KFD
B) TAT & KFD
C) CAT & HTP
D) TAT & RISB

Question 53

Which word best describes the textbook's conclusion about the validity of human figure drawings?

A) respectable
B) unencouraging
C) superior
D) uninvestigated

Question 54

Which projective technique asks the person to draw a picture of a family doing something?

A) TAT
B) HTP
C) KFD
D) DAP

Question 55

Two popular offshoots of the draw-a-person technique that are intended primarily for use with children are the _____ and _____ tests.

A) House-Tree-Person…Thematic Apperception
B) Kinetic Family Drawing…Draw-A-Figure
C) House-Tree-Person…Kinetic Family Drawing
D) Kinetic Family Drawing…Rorschach Inkblot

Question 56

Which of the following is NOT relevant to the future use of projective techniques?

A) Training programs continue to emphasize proficiency with projective measures.
B) Projective measures seldom demonstrate any reliability or validity.
C) Managed care influences test usage according to administration time and cost.
D) Testing has moved toward objective scoring, norm-referenced interpretation, and psychometric quality.

Question 57

What effect does managed care seem to be having on the use of projective techniques? Managed care is leading to ___.

A) decrease in projective use
B) increase in projective use
C) increase in some projectives and decrease in other projectives
D) It's having no effect.

Question 58

With respect to use of objective scoring systems, what is the current trend for projective techniques?

A) use of more objective scoring systems
B) use of less objective scoring systems
C) It's a mixed picture: Some are getting more objective, others less objective.
D) There is no discernable trend.

Question 59

What trend does the textbook identify regarding use of objective scoring of projective techniques? Use of objective scoring has ___ in recent years.

A) stayed about the same
B) increased
C) decreased

Question 60

What is the name of the project that seeks to extend John Exner's work on the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach?

A) Comprehensive System II
B) Rorschach Updated Version (RUV)
C) Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS)
D) Comprehensive System Revised and Extended (CS-RE)

Question 61

The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) seeks to extend _____.

A) Exner's work on the Comprehensive System
B) Rotter's attempt to relate sentence completions to the Rorschach
C) Bellak's work with both the Rorschach and TAT
D) Rorschach's effort to develop additional inkblots