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Old 27th May 2002 | 17:17
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Whirlybird

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OK, having got a Psychology degree many years back in my mis-spent youth, here's the very little I remember about the Rorschach test (ink blots)...

It's supposed to be used as a "standardised interview" rather than an actual test. That is, there are no right or wrong answers; it's just supposed to give you some idea what the person is like.

It's "normal" to see parts of the female anatomy in some cards. Or parts of the male anatomy for that matter. There's one that's referred to as the "sex card"; I think it's number 6, but I can't remember. It has lots of bits curving in and out, so you're likely to see...well, you don't need me to spell it out do you?

It's normal for some to look like pelvises and so on, but if you think all of them do, that's considered odd - unless you happen to be a medical student.

It shouldn't be used alone, but in conjunction with other tests, interviews, etc etc - but I believe it does get misused by people with little or no training.

That's about all I remember, but I'd say don't worry about it. Nobody's going to find out your deep dark secrets from what you see in ink blots; they shouldn't anyway. And does it work? I've no idea. Plenty of psychologists think it's rubbish, some think it works, some think it just might be useful and at least gets people talking.

Hope that load of crap is a bit of use to someone.
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