Introduction to the Rorschach method a manual of personality study / Samuel J. Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Samuel J. (Samuel Jacob), 1896-1980, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Introduction to the Rorschach method

Place of Publication:

New York : American orthopsychiatric Association, 1937.

Summary:

The sole aim of the present volume is to provide a manual of Rorschach test procedure as followed by the writer and intended to be helpful in the practical application of Rorschach tests, whether in experimental or diagnostic undertakings. Case material having proven itself the most expeditious medium for transmitting this kind of experience, the bulk of this manual consists of Rorschach response records, scored and interpreted (Part I). Theoretical discussion is conspicuous by absence. The assumption is made that the reader has attempted to use the test, and, in broad outlines at least, is familiar with its objectives as a personality investigating instrument. However, that minimum of descriptive and explanatory material, together with tables of norms, necessary towards clarifying the technique used in Part I, will be found included (Part II).

Contents:

Purpose and scope

Healthy adults of superior intelligence

The feeble-minded

Depressed states

Hypomanic conditions

Schizophrenics

Neurotics

Conduct disorder in adults

Problem children

Inadequate test records

Mental hygiene cases

Experimental technique

Scoring

The psychological processes indicated.

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