What are the symmetrical blob pictures in psychology called?

Answer 1

Rorschach tests.........and they aren't always symmetrical.

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Blob Pictures

Answer 3

Rorschach tests. Personally, I don't see circus clowns having you-know-what in the inkblots, but that's just me. Maybe my shrink is the crazy one if he thinks that's what it is!

Some history:

Hermann Rorschach was born on Nov. 8, 1884, Zurich, Switz. and died April 2, 1922, Herisau.

He was a Swiss psychiatrist who devised the inkblot test that bears his name and that is widely used clinically for diagnosing psychopathology.

The eldest son of an art teacher, Rorschach considered becoming an artist but chose medicine instead.

As a secondary-school student, he was nicknamed Kleck, meaning "inkblot," because of his interest in sketching.

In 1917 Rorschach discovered the work of Szyman Hens, who had studied the fantasies of his subjects using inkblot cards.

In 1918 Rorschach began his own experiments with 15 accidental inkblots, showing the blots to patients and asking them, "What might this be?" Their subjective responses enabled him to distinguish among his subjects on the basis of their perceptive abilities, intelligence, and emotional characteristics.

The Rorschach test is based on the human tendency to project interpretations and feelings onto ambiguous stimuli, in this case, inkblots. From these cues trained observers are supposed to be able to pinpoint deeper personality traits and impulses in the person taking the test.

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Inkblot Tests

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Rorschach inkblot test

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Inkblots

Answer 7

The inkblot test is named for Rohrshach. It is called the Rohrshach test.

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Rorschach tests

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rorschach inkblots

Answer 10

they're part of a rorschach test