Inkblots: Why Do People Use Rorschach Tests?
Can an inkblot accurately determine a person's personality, and emotional thoughts? The Rorschach test is a personality test, that uses inkblots on a page to detect a disorder. This test is often debated about, whether it is an accurate way to measure people's emotion and thinking skills. Despite the fact that many people think that Rorschach tests are invalid and meaningless; it actually provides a valid conclusion.
The primary reason why people debate the tests are inaccurate, are because the conclusion might not be a splitting image of the person. Also, since there isn’t an exact answer it leads people to believe that maybe these test aren’t a concrete system. So are these test scientific, do they work even if there isn’t a right answer? …show more content…
With it being a test in mind, people with have influenced answers, or might true to outsmart the test. “ She is happily married and has recently discovered she is pregnant.” “The red things on each side look like newborn babies with umbilical cords still attached.” This girl had her child in mind while she was taking this tests, if she wasn't going to have a child then her answers would have been different. She made everything in the inkblots focus around the new baby. This shows how the inkblot test may be invalid because people's answers could be influenced, but then again everyone sees something different and she could be in a happy mindset. The whole point of this test being able to test you thinking skills, is for everyone to see something different. Although people see these things as invalid flaws of the test they really have no effect, it is the people then who are invalid because they are the ones who have to answer what they see. These tests are important to help the study of people's minds and without this simple test, people could be living with disorders. Some people who debate against the tests might say that the colored ink influences what people see; but it shouldn’t because everyone sees things differently which is what an inkblot test really is.
Ultimately, inkblot tests are easy and accurate ways to test
The primary reason why people debate the tests are inaccurate, are because the conclusion might not be a splitting image of the person. Also, since there isn’t an exact answer it leads people to believe that maybe these test aren’t a concrete system. So are these test scientific, do they work even if there isn’t a right answer? …show more content…
With it being a test in mind, people with have influenced answers, or might true to outsmart the test. “ She is happily married and has recently discovered she is pregnant.” “The red things on each side look like newborn babies with umbilical cords still attached.” This girl had her child in mind while she was taking this tests, if she wasn't going to have a child then her answers would have been different. She made everything in the inkblots focus around the new baby. This shows how the inkblot test may be invalid because people's answers could be influenced, but then again everyone sees something different and she could be in a happy mindset. The whole point of this test being able to test you thinking skills, is for everyone to see something different. Although people see these things as invalid flaws of the test they really have no effect, it is the people then who are invalid because they are the ones who have to answer what they see. These tests are important to help the study of people's minds and without this simple test, people could be living with disorders. Some people who debate against the tests might say that the colored ink influences what people see; but it shouldn’t because everyone sees things differently which is what an inkblot test really is.
Ultimately, inkblot tests are easy and accurate ways to test