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PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES IN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT With Contributions by Joel Allison Samuel J. Beck Sidney J. Blatt Leonard P. Campos Paul G. Daston Emanuel F. Hammer Mary R. Haworth Wayne H. Holtzman Jules D. Holzberg Max L. Hutt Betram P. Karon Walter G. Klopfer Leonard M. Lansky David Levine Charles N euringer A. I. Rabin George C. Rosenwald Jerome L. Singer PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES IN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT A Modern Introduction Edited by A. I. RABIN Michigan State University SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA. LLC ISBN 978-3-662-38702-3 ISBN 978-3-662-39577-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-39577-6 Copyright © 1968 SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA NEW YORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. IN 1968 SOFTCOVER REPRINT OF THE HARDCOVER 1ST EDITION 1968 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-2771S Type set at Topel Typographic Corporation, New York Preface This volume was planned to meet the need for a new and comprehensive introductory text on projective techniques, a need that has been ap parent for quite some time. Several such texts had been published shortly after World War II, but none has appeared since that time. In the past two decades, projective techniques have been modified, revised, and refined, and these changes have been reported in numerous articles, manuals, symposia, and monographs; several anthologies of articles which had been previously published have also appeared. The recent concern has been with such aspects of projective techniques as their validity, the processes underlying the response to projective stimuli, and the theory of projection itself. The contributions that make up this book present a panoramic view of projective techniques and a critical evaluation of developments in this field. The volume was planned so that each author would have a free hand in treating his or her assigned topic. Consequently, some chapters are written largely from a clinical viewpoint, championing the idiographic approach; others are more psychometric in orientation and nomothetic in nature. This diversity, we believe, is all to the good. The student in the areas of clinical psychology, personality, and personality assessment, as well as the practicing clinician and researcher in the field of person ality, will find the book useful as a systematic coordination and juxta position of theories and applications. The framework of the book also made it possible to strike a balance between general issues and specific techniques. Parts I and VII deal with the broader aspects of projective methods, history, theoretical interpreta tions, and clinical and research applications. Parts II through VI are devoted to methods that have stood the test of time or more recent ones that appear particularly useful and promising. The techniques are, for the most part, described in considerable detail and are critically evalu ated; relevant research literature is summarized, too, in these Parts. All of the chapters were especially written for this book. By making original contributions, the authors have made the book a timely and PREFACE v modern introduction. I am very grateful for their efforts and for their willingness to share their expertise. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to those publishers who gave permission to quote or reproduce materials from their publications. Specific acknowledgments appear in the individual chapters. It is hoped that this volume will not only prove of value as a sum· mary of past work, but will also serve to stimulate creative developments in the field of personality assessment. Okemos, Michigan A. I. RABIN November 1967 vi PREFACE Contributors Joel Allison. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University School of Medi cine; Senior Psychologist, Yale Psychiatric Institute. Samuel ]. Beck. Professorial Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, and Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago. Sidney J. Blatt. Associate Professor of Psychology, and Chief, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University. Leonard P. Campos. Staff Psychologist, O.H. Close School for Boys, Stockton, California; Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of the Pacific. Paul Daston. Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland; Consultant: Veterans Administration, Frederick Chusid Company, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Social Security Administration. Emanuel F. Hammer. Director of Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, New York City Criminal Cou.rts; faculty member at New York University School of Arts and Sciences clinical doctoral program, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, and Metropolitan Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies; Chief Psychologist, Lincoln Institute of Psychotherapy. Mary R. Haworth. Executive Secretary, Research Career Program, National In stitute of Mental Health. Wayne H. Holtzman. Professor of Psychology and Education; Dean, College of Education, University of Texas. Jules D. Holzberg. Professor, Wesleyan University. Max L. Hutt. Consultant in Clinical Psychology, Michigan Department of Men tal Hygiene; Consultant, Ypsilanti Public Schools; psychotherapist. Bertram P. Karon. Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University. Walter G. Klopfer. Professor of Psychology, Portland State College; Executive Editor, Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment. Leonard M. Lansky. Professor of Psychology and Associate Director, Center for Research and Training in Higher Education, University of Cincinnati. C 0 NT RIB U T 0 RS vii David Levine. Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska. Charles Neuringer. Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kansas. A. I. Rabin. Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University; Consultant, Veterans Administration and Michigan Department of Corrections. George C. Rosenwald. Associate Professor of Psychology, and Assistant Chief, Psychological Clinic, University of Michigan. jerome L. Singer. Professor of Psychology and Director, Clinical Psychology Training Program, City College of the City University of New York. CONTRIBUTORS viii Contents PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Projective methods: an historical introduction. A. I. Rabin 3 2. Psychological theory and projective techniques. Jules D. Holzberg 18 3. Psychopathology, assessment, and psychotherapy. Max L. Hutt 64 4. Problems of validities. Bertram P. Karon 85 PART II ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUES (INKBLOTS) 5. Reality, Rorschach and perceptual theory. Samuel ]. Beck II5 6. Holtzman inkblot technique. Wayne H. Holtzman 136 PART Ill CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES 7. The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). George C. Rosenwald 172 8. A variety of thematic methods. Charles Neuringer 222 PART IV COMPLETION METHODS 9. Word associations and sentence completion tech- niques. Paul G. Daston 264 10. Story completion methods. Leonard M. Lansky 290 PART V EXPRESSIVE METHODS 11. Doll play and puppetry. Mary R. Haworth 327 12. Projective drawings. Emanuel F. Hammer 366 CONTENTS ix

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