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Card pull in projective testing.

C A Peterson1, K M Schilling

  • 1Psychology Service, Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|June 1, 1983
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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.

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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.