Question

All of the following statements about projective tests are true except one. Which statement is FALSE?

A) Projective tests involve ambiguous stimuli to elicit responses that can provide insights into a person's unconscious thoughts.
B) The Rorschach Inkblot Test is an example of a projective test widely used in psychological assessment.
C) Projective tests have clear and objectively scored responses.
D) The thematic apperception test (TAT) is designed to reveal a person's social drives and conflicts through storytelling.

Answer 1

The false statement about projective tests is that they have clear and objectively scored responses. These tests often involve subjectivity in scoring unlike structured inventories like the MMPI.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that is FALSE about projective tests is that projective tests have clear and objectively scored responses. Projective tests like the Rorschach Inkblot Test, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB), and the Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks test (C-TCB) use ambiguous stimuli to assess an individual's unconscious fears, desires, and challenges. These tests involve projecting one's own fears, desires, and conflicts onto the ambiguous stimuli which can reveal aspects of personality and conflicts. However, scoring and interpretation of these tests are often subjective and lack the clear, objective scoring found in self-report inventories like the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).