Take out one piece of paper. You will need to accommodate
enough room on the paper to draw three distinct items. Take 3
minutes to draw: 1. A house 2. A Tree 3. A Person
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INTERPRETING THE HOUSE Notice the size of the house: a small
house represents renunciation of family life, while a large house
means the person is overwhelmed by his family. Observe the walls of
the house: weak lines represent fragility in the ego, while strong
lines mean the need to fortify boundaries. Determine the amount of
detail put into the roof: the more detail, the more the person
concentrates on fantasies, while an incomplete roof means evading
formidable ideas. Note the inclusion of windows, doors and
sidewalks, which indicate openness to interacting with other
people. Discern the inclusion of bushes, shades, shutters, bars and
curtains, which indicate a person's hesitation to open himself to
others.
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INTERPRETING THE TREE Notice the size of the trunk: a small
trunk represents a weak ego, while a large trunk means a larger
ego. Observe whether the trunk is split in half, which indicates a
split personality. Determine what kind of limbs were drawn:
detached or small branches represent a difficulty communicating
with others, big branches mean connecting with others too much,
pointy branches indicate hostility and dead branches represent
desolation. Note whether leaves are included: drawing leaves
represents successfully connecting with others, while no leaves
means emptiness and detached leaves indicates a lack of nurturance.
Discern the details of the roots of the tree: while normal roots
represent a grounded person, a lack of roots means instability,
exaggerated roots indicate an obsession with examining reality and
dead roots represent feeling completely removed from reality.
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INTERPRETING THE PERSON Notice the position of the arms: open
arms represent an inclination to connect with others, closed arms
mean hostility and disconnected arms indicate defenselessness.
Observe the position of the hands: pointed fingers and balled fists
represent hostility, while hidden or gloved hands mean antisocial
tendencies. Note the details of the legs and feet: figures cut off
at the bottom of the paper represent powerlessness, while both
large and small feet mean the need for greater stability. Determine
the details of the mouth: an open or large mouth represents
dependence, a closed mouth means rejection of needs and a slash
mouth or teeth indicate verbal hostility. Discern how detailed the
face is: the use of more facial details indicates a person's need
to portray himself in an acceptable way.
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RORSCHACH TEST Directions: For each of the inkblots, briefly
write down what you see.
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IF YOU SAW X-ray: this suggests you have things welling up
inside you that you want to express, but you'd prefer to suffer in
silence and not rock the boat. You find it hard to say no in
general. Professor: You are benevolent, self-effacing, and a very
good friend and thinker. Stingray or skate: You tend to put
yourself second, and are familiar, though not necessarily
comfortable, with being elbowed aside by more powerful characters.
As a result you can sometimes be apologetic to a fault.
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IF YOU SAW emus: You feel the pull of the highlife - though,
sometimes, you don't like how you feel the next day; you waver
between extreme moods, taking yourself too seriously or just not
caring. Beetle: You are very hard-working; success comes naturally
to you. You lay your plans, and follow them through. sunglasses,
bra or beard: You like dressing up, although you can worry
excessively about what people think of you and seek external
solutions to internal problems.
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IF YOU SAW Strong man: this suggests you are highly capable,
mastering everything you turn your hand to. You are naturally
gifted and extremely determined. You pride yourself on always being
equal to the challenge. Scorpion: You are highly tuned, like a
gymnast, so diet and sleeping can be problematic, since you are
physically very sensitive, but not emotionally; anything that
smacks of therapy gets on your nerves. Fallopian tubes: You have a
sense of stalled potential, of putting an enormous amount into
life, yet still waiting for it to start. Your idea of how things
should be - for instance, whom you should be with, what you should
be doing - is very vivid, and if reality falls short of
expectations, your considerable achievements provide little
consolation.
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IF YOU SAW Clown, face or someone sticking out their tongue:
this suggests that you're social and seek out company - no one
could cal l you a recluse. However, you do have aloof tendencies, a
habit that will cause your friends concern. Lady above dolphins:
You are charismatic, often in a darkly brooding way. this draws
attention to you, which is good for your ego, but it does not
necessarily add much to your self-esteem. Cuddly toy: sometimes,
when things are difficult, you tend to dwell on your past, a time
when you felt you belonged in the world and didn't have to fight
constantly to prove yourself.
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IF YOU SAW Mouth: You are a real force - your strength of
character, accomplishments and expansiveness cause rooms (and
lives) to rearrange themselves around you when you walk in.
Fledglings pecking: You are very nurturing, lavishing such care on
others that it sometimes seems you don't need any in return. You're
not entirely sure you deserve to be loved at all. Cat or viper's
mouth: Sometimes your relationships can seem like a bicycle tyre
with a slow puncture; you can give a huge amount, but still it's
not clear that it's working for you. You feel inadequate, though
you don't know why.
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HEIDER-SIMMELS DEMOSTRATION
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp8ebj_yRI4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp8ebj_yRI4 Any response that
elicits a story with human emotions/ actions is considered normal.
If a subject responds with what is literally happening (meaning
shapes are moving) then that indicates possible autism,
schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses. Typical responses
involve one of two settings: a school or a house and include themes
such as: a school bully, an authority figure and 2 children,
parents and a child or two parents and one child. It can bring out
many personal experiences that a person is presently dealing with
including bullying, trouble relating to authority figures
(administrators or police ) divorce, domestic problems, etc.
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20 PROJECTIVE TESTS: CRITICISMS Critics argue that projective
tests lack both reliability (consistency of results) and validity
(predicting what it is supposed to). 1. When evaluating the same
patient, even trained raters come up with different interpretations
(reliability). 2. Projective tests may misdiagnose a normal
individual as pathological (validity).