PSYCH 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 7A
• Professor: lofgren

Document Summary

Displacement: shifting an impulse from one target to another target that is psychologically more acceptable (less threatening) than the one that aroused the feelings. Substituting a less threatening target for the original one reduces anxiety. You are angry at your boss so you displace that anger by kicking your dog. Test-taker describes or tells a story about it. The stimulus has not significance in itself, so any meaning people read into it presumably is a projection of their interests and conflicts. A series of ambiguous pictures are presented. Subject is asked to write a story about each picture. Story should describe what"s happening in the picture - the character"s thoughts and feelings, the relationship among the character, and the outcome of the situation. The subject should identify with the main character of the picture and the feelings, thoughts, and actions attributed to that character should reflect the subjects" own feelings about him/herself.