PS271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Takers, Thematic Apperception Test
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Human igure drawing test: measures intelligence and important personality constructs, used as an indicator of psychological problems in children. Criicisms of rorschach inkblot test: low indices of reliability and lack of evidence for the validity of the test, no scieniic basis for jusifying the use of rorschach scales in psychological assessment. Reviewers ind usefulness of the test when results from various studies are analyzed. Newer systems for coding rorschach responses are reliable than earlier methods. Usage of projecive tests extends beyond psychotherapy: evaluaion of social and emoional adjustment, psychologists working with law enforcement and court oicials. Validity of projecive tests remains open to challenge. Strengths: first modern comprehensive theory of human behaviour and personality, freud"s observaions set the direcion for subsequent personality theory and research, first system of psychotherapy. Freud"s techniques have become standard tools for many therapists: promoted important psychological concepts. Criicisms: writers argue that freud"s ideas are not original.
