Rorschach inkblot cards are administered individually in two phases. Identify those two phases from the following options:
A. Performance proper
B. Categorisation
C. Inquiry
D. Nomination
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and C only
A. Performance proper Correct. This is the first phase: the subject is shown the ten inkblot cards one by one and asked to tell what she or he sees in each of them.
B. Categorisation Incorrect. The subject is never asked to sort the cards into groups; she or he only reports what each blot looks like and then explains the reports.
C. Inquiry Correct. In the second phase a detailed report of each response is prepared by asking the subject where, how and on what basis a particular response was made.
D. Nomination Incorrect. Nothing is named or chosen by the subject from a list; the two phases are only seeing and explaining, that is, performance proper and inquiry.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Rorschach Inkblot Test … This test was developed by Hermann Rorschach. The test consists of 10 inkblots. Five of them are in black and white, two with some red ink, and the remaining three in some pastel colours. The blots are symmetrical in design with a specific shape or form. Each blot is printed in the centre of a white cardboard of about 7’´10’ size. The blots were originally made by dropping ink on a piece of paper and then folding the paper in half (hence called inkblot test). The cards are administered individually in two phases. In the first phase, called performance proper, the subjects are shown the cards and are asked to tell what they see in each of them. In the second phase, called inquiry, a detailed report of the response is prepared by asking the subject to tell where, how, and on what basis was a particular response made.…” |