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My life in testing.

Roy Schafer1

  • 1royschafer@mindspring.com

Journal of Personality Assessment
|June 3, 2006
PubMed
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This essay details a career in psychodiagnostics and psychoanalysis, highlighting contributions to psychological testing methods and clinical applications during and after World War II.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychodiagnostics
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • The essay traces a career from psychology undergraduate to psychodiagnostician and psychoanalyst.
  • Early work at the Menninger Clinic focused on developing psychological tests for diagnosing and treating soldiers during World War II.

Discussion:

  • Contributions include co-authoring "Diagnostic Psychological Testing" and authoring "The Clinical Application of Psychological Tests" and "Psychoanalytic Interpretation in Rorschach Testing."
  • Further expertise was developed at the Austen Riggs Center and Yale University, alongside psychotherapy training.

Key Insights:

  • The development of novel psychological assessment techniques.
  • The integration of psychodiagnostic testing with psychoanalytic practice.
  • A notable case involved assessing Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald's killer.

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Outlook:

  • The essay reflects on a nearly four-decade career in assessment psychology.
  • It emphasizes the lasting impact of psychological testing and psychoanalytic interpretation.