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What is Rorschach Inkblot test? What kind of personality characteristics & social issues it
may detect?
The Rorschach inkblot test is a psychological projective test of personality in which a
subject’s interpretations of ten standard abstract designs are analyzed as a measure of emotional
and intellectual functioning and integration. The test is considered “projective” because the
patient is supposed to project his or her real personality into the inkblot via the interpretation.
The Rorschach Inkblot Test is consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white,
five in color) created in 1921.
These projective tests are often organized in a taxonomy using the categories:
Association, Construction, Completion, Arrangement, and Expression. These tests are used today
for personality assessments or assessments of unconscious motives or feelings. Projective tests
such as the Rorschach test have been criticized due to issues with inter-rater reliability, test-retest
reliability (repeatability), validity, biases, and issues with cultural sensitivity and norms.
personalities, IQ & unconscious issues.