Identify the correct facts related to projective techniques from the statements below:
(A) This method is often used for peer assessment
(B) Projective techniques were developed to assess unconscious motives and feelings
(C) One of the drawbacks of this technique is social desirability
(D) Technique is based on the assumption that less structured or unstructured stimuli will allow an individual to project his/her feelings onto that situation
(E) Examples include inkblots, story writing around pictures and sentence completion
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (D) and (E) only
(A) This method is often used for peer assessment Incorrect. Peer assessment is obtained through nomination, a method of behavioural analysis in which each member of a group names the persons she or he would like to work or study with. Projective techniques are used by experts on one person at a time.
(B) Projective techniques were developed to assess unconscious motives and feelings Correct. Direct methods cannot uncover the unconscious part of behaviour, so these indirect techniques were developed to assess unconscious motives and feelings.
(C) One of the drawbacks of this technique is social desirability Incorrect. Social desirability, the tendency to answer items in a socially desirable manner, is a problem of self-report measures, where the person knows what is being assessed. Projective techniques were designed to get round this, since the person does not know what her or his responses reveal.
(D) Technique is based on the assumption that less structured or unstructured stimuli will allow an individual to project his/her feelings onto that situation Correct. This is the basic assumption of projective techniques: an unclear stimulus lets the person project her or his feelings, desires and needs onto it, and experts interpret these projections.
(E) Examples include inkblots, story writing around pictures and sentence completion Correct. Some projective techniques ask for associations with inkblots (Rorschach), some for story writing around pictures (TAT) and some for sentence completions.
NCERT (2025-26): “Self-report Measures … The self-report measures suffer from a number of problems. Social desirability is one of them. It is a tendency on the part of the respondent to endorse items in a socially desirable manner.…” “Projective Techniques … Projective techniques were developed to assess unconscious motives and feelings. These techniques are based on the assumption that a less structured or unstructured stimulus or situation will allow the individual to project her/his feelings, desires and needs on to that situation. These projections are interpreted by experts. A variety of projective techniques have been developed; they use various kinds of stimulus materials and situations for assessing personality. Some of them require reporting associations with stimuli (e.g., words, inkblots), some involve story writing around pictures, some require sentence completions, some require expression through drawings, and some require choice of stimuli from a large set of stimuli.…” “Nomination … This method is often used in obtaining peer assessment. It can be used with persons who have been in long-term interaction and who know each other very well.…” |