| Abstract: | Projective tests may be classified in 6 different ways: attributes of the test material itself; techniques employed in constructing the test (rational vs. empirical); manner of interpreting the test (i.e., formal analysis vs. content analysis); purpose of the test; differences in the administration of the test (i.e., group vs. individual); type of response they elicit (i.e., story construction vs. association). Though all the classification schemas have merit it is argued that the "type of response" approach is most likely to be closely related to the actual psychological process involved in the test since this points to what the S is actually doing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
