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Card pull in projective testing
1Psychology Service, Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Journal of Personality Assessment
|June 1, 1983
Summary
Card pull, a key aspect of projective testing, involves how stimuli evoke responses. This study explores how instructions encourage subjects to explore potentiality beyond literal interpretations.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychological Assessment
Background:
- Card pull is crucial for understanding projective testing.
- Projective testing relies on subjective interpretation of stimuli.
- Existing definitions of projective stimuli are insufficient.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define the concept of card pull in projective testing.
- To explore the role of subjunctive mood in projective test instructions.
- To offer a working definition of projective testing.
Main Methods:
- Review of various conceptions of projective stimuli.
- Analysis of the linguistic structure of projective test instructions.
- Conceptual analysis of the tester-subject interaction.
Main Results:
- Card pull influences cognitive and affective responses.
- Subjunctive mood instructions facilitate exploration of potentiality.
- Projective testing is characterized by a shared state of mind.
Conclusions:
- Card pull is fundamental to projective assessment.
- Instructions encouraging imaginative engagement are key.
- Projective testing is a collaborative exploration of reality modification.
