MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
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can be efficiently administered in groups and scored by computer
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can be given by almost anyone, since they are simple to administer and score
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reveal the subjects’ personalities by eliciting responses to vague, ambiguous stimuli
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provide clues to the subjects’ personalities based on behavioral theory
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reveal patterns of the subjects’ personality traits by requiring responses to a large number of objective questions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Projective tests are intended to uncover feelings, desires, and conflicts that are hidden from conscious awareness. By interpreting responses to ambiguous cues, psychoanalysts hope to uncover unconscious feelings that might be causing problems in a person’s life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Personality assessment instruments, such as the Rorschach and TAT, which are based on Freud’s ego defense mechanism of projection. A projective test requiring subjects to describe what they see in a series of ten inkblots. A projective test requiring subjects to make up stories that explain ambiguous pictures.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rorschach. The best known and most frequently used projective test is the Rorschach inkblot test. This test was originally developed in 1921 to diagnose schizophrenia. Subjects are shown a series of ten irregular but symmetrical inkblots, and asked to explain what they see.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to Rorschach’s theory, their responses can give clues on the inner workings of their personality. This is known as a projective measure. In other words, the test is used to assess an individual’s response to ambiguous stimuli to uncover unconscious thoughts.