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The inkblot test (also called the "Rorschach" test) is a method of psychological evaluation. Psychologists use this test in an attempt to examine the personality characteristics and emotional functioning of their patients. This test is often employed in diagnosing underlying thought disorders and differentiating psychotic from non-psychotic thinking in cases where the patient is reluctant to openly admit to psychotic thinking.
http://theinkblot.com
What Is a Projective Test?
A projective test is a type of personality test in which the individual offers responses to ambiguous scenes, words or images. This type of test emerged from the psychoanalytic school of thought, which suggested that people have unconscious thoughts or urges. These projective tests were intended to uncover such unconscious desires that are hidden from conscious awareness.
How Do Projective Test Work?
A participant is shown an ambiguous image and then asked to give the first response that comes to mind. The key to projective tests is the ambiguity of the stimuli. According to the theory behind such tests, clearly defined questions result in answers that are carefully crafted by the conscious mind. By providing the participant with a question or stimulus that is not clear, the underlying and unconscious motivations or attitudes are revealed.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Projective Tests
Strength:
-Provides qualitative data.
-Acts as an icebreaker by encouraging discussion on issues.
-Can be used to examine thoughts and emotions.(Used by therapists)
-Latests version have both practical value and increase validity.
Weakness:
-Respondent’s answers can be heavily influenced by the examiner's attitudes or the test setting.
-Highly subjective. Interpretations of answers can vary dramatically from one examiner to the next.
-Tests that don't have a standard grading scale lack both validity and reliability.
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologicaltesting/f/projective-tests.htm
During the last century, professionals used the ink blot method in the belief that it allowed them to understand the hidden undercurrents that drive people’s actions and emotions, and assess their mental wellbeing.
The inkblot test is rather like staring at clouds: when you see a meaningless shape, your brain tries to make sense of it by organising it into a picture. Such pictures, proponents argue, can speak volumes about your thought patterns.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1340368/Unravel-secrets-psyche-Your-view-ink-blots-reveal-deepest-desires--darkest-fears.html
http://theinkblot.com
What Is a Projective Test?
A projective test is a type of personality test in which the individual offers responses to ambiguous scenes, words or images. This type of test emerged from the psychoanalytic school of thought, which suggested that people have unconscious thoughts or urges. These projective tests were intended to uncover such unconscious desires that are hidden from conscious awareness.
How Do Projective Test Work?
A participant is shown an ambiguous image and then asked to give the first response that comes to mind. The key to projective tests is the ambiguity of the stimuli. According to the theory behind such tests, clearly defined questions result in answers that are carefully crafted by the conscious mind. By providing the participant with a question or stimulus that is not clear, the underlying and unconscious motivations or attitudes are revealed.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Projective Tests
Strength:
-Provides qualitative data.
-Acts as an icebreaker by encouraging discussion on issues.
-Can be used to examine thoughts and emotions.(Used by therapists)
-Latests version have both practical value and increase validity.
Weakness:
-Respondent’s answers can be heavily influenced by the examiner's attitudes or the test setting.
-Highly subjective. Interpretations of answers can vary dramatically from one examiner to the next.
-Tests that don't have a standard grading scale lack both validity and reliability.
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologicaltesting/f/projective-tests.htm
During the last century, professionals used the ink blot method in the belief that it allowed them to understand the hidden undercurrents that drive people’s actions and emotions, and assess their mental wellbeing.
The inkblot test is rather like staring at clouds: when you see a meaningless shape, your brain tries to make sense of it by organising it into a picture. Such pictures, proponents argue, can speak volumes about your thought patterns.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1340368/Unravel-secrets-psyche-Your-view-ink-blots-reveal-deepest-desires--darkest-fears.html
Making my colour collages
21/11/13 Lesson 9: Photos of my own sculpture using filters
14/11/13 Lesson 8: Create a sculture in a group
17/10/13 Lesson 4: Colour Wheel
03/10/13 Lesson 2: Gallery Visit to the tate modern and Drawing Outside the Studio
Psychogeography
In today's trip to the Tate Modern one of the exercises I needed to do was to record a journey using the psychogeography method. I had never done anything like this before so I was slightly confused at first. However after hearing about what this involved and the different ways a journey can be recorded as well as what a journey is, everything became clearer.
I began to think about how I could record my journey and as well as what that journey would be and decided to experiment and use method outside my comfort zone.
My idea was to record my journey across the millennium bridge at lunch time. I did this by holding my sketchbook against my right leg with my left hand and my pencil on my right hand with the tip touching the surface of the page.
As I walked the pencil left marks on the page because of the movement made by my legs and arms while I walked. I only removed the pencil from the page and looked at the page once I had arrived at the other side of the bridge.
Once I looked at the marks, what I really like about it was that it became a record of the movements I made while I was on my journey.
I realised that marks were free and loose which isn't something I am used to doing, since I like to create things that are very precise and controlled.
I began to think about how I could record my journey and as well as what that journey would be and decided to experiment and use method outside my comfort zone.
My idea was to record my journey across the millennium bridge at lunch time. I did this by holding my sketchbook against my right leg with my left hand and my pencil on my right hand with the tip touching the surface of the page.
As I walked the pencil left marks on the page because of the movement made by my legs and arms while I walked. I only removed the pencil from the page and looked at the page once I had arrived at the other side of the bridge.
Once I looked at the marks, what I really like about it was that it became a record of the movements I made while I was on my journey.
I realised that marks were free and loose which isn't something I am used to doing, since I like to create things that are very precise and controlled.
On my way back from lunch I repeat the same process but this time I decided to use fine liners instead, red and black. I really liked the end result because it was like an organized chaos, the lines were closely intertwined together in a section of the page close to the center and slowly loosened and spread at the edges.
06/10/13
Today I decided to record my journey across the bridge from Waitrose to the idea store at Canary Wharf.
However before beginning my journey, I asked the friends that I would be meeting there about what colors they imagined when they thought of the idea store, through whatsapp and text.
The frequency that each color appeared would determine the thickness of the pen I would use for each color. Green came up the most with three votes, yellow and purple can in second place, while the others only came up once. I also suggested my own colors which were green and blue.
Before beginning to cross the bridge, I decided that it would be better to separate the pens into two groups since not all pens were the same length. This caused me to record to journeys into a single drawing, the journey to and from the idea store.
After looking at the finished product, I realised that the colors and thickness of the pens, particularly the green and yellow, allowed my drawing to seem alive and give off energy, which the other drawings didn't do. This made it my favourite psychogeography drawing so far.
However before beginning my journey, I asked the friends that I would be meeting there about what colors they imagined when they thought of the idea store, through whatsapp and text.
The frequency that each color appeared would determine the thickness of the pen I would use for each color. Green came up the most with three votes, yellow and purple can in second place, while the others only came up once. I also suggested my own colors which were green and blue.
Before beginning to cross the bridge, I decided that it would be better to separate the pens into two groups since not all pens were the same length. This caused me to record to journeys into a single drawing, the journey to and from the idea store.
After looking at the finished product, I realised that the colors and thickness of the pens, particularly the green and yellow, allowed my drawing to seem alive and give off energy, which the other drawings didn't do. This made it my favourite psychogeography drawing so far.