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tat benefits

easy rapport

can tailor it to client’s needs

less susceptible to faking

tat limitations

takes a long time

not typically used clinically

more easily biased

cards all include white people and look older

very open ended

test-retest reliability is dependent upon mood

no standardization

mcclellands three basic needs

achivement, affiliation, and power

CAT

children’s apperception test

for kids 3-10

uses animals instead of humans

drawings

CAT-H

CAT but human version

drawings aren’t as good

some didn’t translate well from the CAT

SAT

senior apperception test or GAT-gerontological apperception test — for older people

have themes of loneliness and family

TeMAS

tell me a story test

TAT for hispanic and african american people

has more current pictures

southern mississippi TAT

modernized pictures from Faces of Man book

more active and emotional pictures

TAT

has 31 pictures, last card is blank, and a full test is 20 cards, but most people only do 10

used mostly for research or personality instead of diagnostic purposes

murrays needs based theory

our behavior is largely dependent on our needs

needs - internal

pressure - external factors that influence behavior (lack of resources, parental influence, etc.)

also came up with supplemental needs

abasement

accepting blame and punishment and guilt and shame

succorance

looking for someone to protect you/a cry for help

sentence completion methods

aka. performance based measures

ie. roter incomplete sentences blank RISB

3rd most used projective test method after rorschach and tat

give a stem, and the participant finishes the sentences

provides 3 kinds of data: structural (latency), behavioral (how they answer it), and thematic (themes in answers)

clinical use: info gathering at the start of a session

latency

time from presentation of the stimulus to the start of the participant’s response

scoring sentence completion methods

1. murrays needs theory

2. cluster items into groups and look for patterns

3. come up with dimensions and scoring

figure drawing methods

interested in what the client draws and how they draw it

draw a man test

quantitative approach to figure drawing methods

florence goodenough

number of accurate details in a human figure indicated intelligence and was hoped to be a supplemental IQ test

was then shifted to personality testing

modified draw a man test

qualitative approach to figure drawing methods

karen machover

structural features of human figures can indicate personality features (ie. small figure - low self-esteem, but a large figure - inflated ego)

was then shifted to personality testing

HTP

house tree person test

john bach

house - home life and family relationships (ie. tiny doors or shutters on windows indicates a need to hide)

tree - feelings about self (ie. a thick trunk shows inner strength, but a flimsy trunk feels vulnerable)

looks for unusual features and any patterns

bender-gestalt test

visual motor test for neurological deficiencies

client is shown cards then asked to replicate the pictures

personality is explored by the features of the drawing, the size, and where it is

rorschach

a projective personality test based on interpreting a person’s responses to bilaterally symmetrical inkblots

goal: to assess the structure of personality with an emphasis on how people construct meanings assigned to a perceptual experiences

1. where did u see this

2. how or why did u see this

projective tests

relatively (because there are some popular/common responses) ambiguous images that measure personality

detects cognitive ability through goodness of fit and vocabulary

features:

• purpose is well designed

• subject does not know how they will be scored

• stimuli are ambiguous

• multiple responses allowed

• self knowledge is not required

schizophrenia

eugene loyler

aka demtnia praecox

thought it was multiple personalities at first

big difference on rorschach testing

rorschach benefits

• detects subtle bits of personality

• more unique than a self-report measure

• high interscorer reliability

• moderate validity

• useful across cultures

• good test-retest reliability

rorschach limitations

• controversial and subjective

• not great for young children

• might over pathologize

• cannot be used alone, must be used along other assessments

• complex scoring and interpretation