'Performance Proper' is unique to the administration of :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rorschach Inkblot Test
Option (1) Thematic Apperception Test — Incorrect. In the TAT the picture cards are presented one at a time, and the subject tells a story about each: what led up to the situation, what is happening, what will happen and what the characters feel. It has no phase called performance proper.
Option (2) Rorschach Inkblot Test — Correct. The ten inkblot cards are administered individually in two phases. In the first phase, called performance proper, the subjects are shown the cards and asked to tell what they see in each of them. In the second phase, called inquiry, a detailed report is prepared by asking where, how and on what basis each response was made.
Option (3) Draw-a- Person Test — Incorrect. Here the subject is asked to draw a person on a sheet of paper, then a person of the opposite sex, and finally to make a story about the person. Interpretation rests on features of the drawing.
Option (4) Sentence Completion Test — Incorrect. This test gives a number of incomplete sentences, such as ‘My father ...’, which the subject completes in her/his own way, revealing underlying motivations.
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 The blots were originally made by dropping ink on a piece of paper and then folding the paper in half (hence called inkblot test).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.…” |