A. The stimuli are relatively or fully unstructured and poorly defined.
B. Scoring and interpretation are easy so that they reveal a significant aspect of personality.
C. The respondent is informed that there are no correct or incorrect responses.
D. The respondent is usually not told about the purpose of assessment and method of scoring.
E. These are fairly structured measures that require respondents to give response in ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C, D only
Projective techniques assess unconscious motives and feelings. They rest on the idea that an unstructured stimulus lets a person project her/his feelings, desires and needs on to it, and these projections are interpreted by experts.
A. The stimuli are relatively or fully unstructured and poorly defined. Correct. This is the first shared feature of all projective techniques; an inkblot or a vague picture leaves room for projection.
B. Scoring and interpretation are easy so that they reveal a significant aspect of personality. Incorrect. Each response is indeed considered to reveal a significant aspect of personality, but scoring and interpretation are lengthy and sometimes subjective, not easy. They cannot be scored objectively and need rigorous training.
C. The respondent is informed that there are no correct or incorrect responses. Correct. The person is told that no response is right or wrong, so she/he answers freely.
D. The respondent is usually not told about the purpose of assessment and method of scoring. Correct. The person being assessed is usually not told the purpose of assessment and the method of scoring and interpretation.
E. These are fairly structured measures that require respondents to give response in ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Incorrect. This describes self-report measures, which are fairly structured and ask for answers on a rating scale or as true/false, as in the MMPI. Projective techniques are the opposite: unstructured.
NCERT (2025-26): “Projective Techniques … While the nature of stimuli and responses in these techniques vary enormously, all of them do share the following features:
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