The Rorschach Test Is More Accurate Than You Think 100 years after the inkblots were created, studies show they reveal something about us. IN A SMALL town in Switzerland in 1917, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach began carefully splattering paint on cards to study how the mind works. Asking people what they saw, he observed a correlation in responses from patients with schizophrenia and theorized that mental health could be assessed by how someone processes visual information. Rorschach’s original 10 images were published in 1921, the year before his death. After being brought to Chicago, they spread quickly across the United States as
Check out this great little interview NPR had with Damion Searls, author of the book, The Inkblots. In the book, Searls traces the history of the Rorschach test and the man who invented it. The Rorschach images have become something of a cliche over the years, and Searls believes that reputation is unfair. "A lot of people do dismiss them, but those dismissals are out of date," he says. Listen in to hear more and check out the book, it's a fascinating one for all Rorschach lovers.
I get simple things confused. All the time. I use the word impact instead of affect (or is it effect?) because I can’t tell the difference between them. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve googled it, I’ve had sticky notes, professional consultation, etc. But for some reason, I can’t straighten them out. The same goes for form quality and developmental quality on the Rorschach. Every. Time. I’m asked about it, I get the two confused and have to reference my cheat sheet. Even though I feel like I *should* easily remember the difference by now, I don’t. And honestly, it’s
“Wait, so the Rorschach isn’t a bunch of crap?” “Hold on, so you can actually use this with real patients?” “This all seems like a bunch of magic. Do I really believe it?” Those are some of the questions that I was left asking when I was first introduced to the Rorschach. I knew about the Rorschach from movies, my intro psych classes, and from assessment courses in my master’s and doctoral programs, but not much credence was paid to the learning the test. Throughout my graduate education, I was always told that the Rorschach was basically a bunch
…A little bit about us The Blot Spot is an innovative way to learn the Rorschach. It’s a community where you can master the Rorschach through one-of-a-kind, online-based training, which serves as a convenient alternative to self-directed learning and traditional conferences. Catered to all levels of Rorschach learners, from to beginners to advanced practitioners, Blot Spot members can learn the Comprehensive System, the R-PAS, the HERM or any combination of system! The Blot Spot’s creator, Dr. Jeremy Morris, recognized that the Rorschach is a dying art that is slowly fading out of doctoral education. So, through this training platform, it’s
