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Hermann Rorschach: book and three inkblot tests
Hermann Rorschach: book and three inkblot tests A copy of Hermann Rorschach's Psychodiagnostik (1921; Psychodiagnostics) and three inkblot tests.

Rorschach test

psychology
Also known as: Rorschach inkblot test
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Rorschach test, projective method of psychological testing in which a person is asked to describe what he or she sees in 10 inkblots, of which some are black or gray and others have patches of colour. The test was introduced in 1921 by Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach. It attained peak popularity in the 1960s, when it was widely used to assess cognition and personality and to diagnosis certain psychological conditions. Responses to the Rorschach test...

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