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Definition of Projective technique
1. Noun. Any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations.
Generic synonyms: Personality Test
Specialized synonyms: Inkblot Test, Rorschach, Rorschach Test, Tat, Thematic Apperception Test
Lexicographical Neighbors of Projective Technique
Literary usage of Projective technique
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"The standard definition of projectives given by Lindzey (1961) is admittedly
inviting: ... a projective technique is an instrument that is considered ..."
2. The Role of Psychological Tests in Education in South Africa: Issues by Kenneth Owen (1998)
"The principle on which the projective technique is based is that everything we
do bears the stamp of our personality to a greater or lesser degree. ..."
3. The Legacy of Vietnam Veterans and Their Families: Survivors of War edited by Dennis K. Rhoades, Michael R. Leaveck, James C. Hudson (1996)
"... a projective technique for exploring feelings (story-imaging); a technique
for remembering stones of special people and their blessings; and improvised ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"... projective technique was used in which they rated 31 slides numerically on
the basis of appeal or desirability, and then rated the same slides ..."
5. Assessing Community Telecentres: Guidelines for Researchers by Anne V. T. Whyte (2000)
"projective technique Example Sentence- When l want to contact my absent family,
l ... completion test When l think of the telecentre, l . ..."