A psychological test in which words, images, or situations are presented to a person and the responses analysed for unconscious expression of elements of personality that they reveal.
投射测验（将词语、图像或情境表述给受试者，分析其反应作为性格特点无意识表达的心理测试）
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Early evaluations of such tests praised them as ‘foolproof X-rays’ of personality, but eventually it became clear that responses on projective tests varied considerably with the situation, the instructions and the scorer.
The Rorschach inkblot test is a psychological projective test of personality in which a subject's interpretations of ten standard abstract designs are analyzed as a measure of emotional and intellectual functioning and integration.
Some of the most creative people in the world, then, must be psychoanalysts and therapists who use projective tests like the Rorschach test or who see patterns of child abuse behind every emotional problem.
Definition of projective test in US English:
projective test
noun
A psychological test in which words, images, or situations are presented to a person and the responses analyzed for the unconscious expression of elements of personality that they reveal.
投射测验（将词语、图像或情境表述给受试者，分析其反应作为性格特点无意识表达的心理测试）
Example sentencesExamples
The Rorschach inkblot test is a psychological projective test of personality in which a subject's interpretations of ten standard abstract designs are analyzed as a measure of emotional and intellectual functioning and integration.
Some of the most creative people in the world, then, must be psychoanalysts and therapists who use projective tests like the Rorschach test or who see patterns of child abuse behind every emotional problem.
Early evaluations of such tests praised them as ‘foolproof X-rays’ of personality, but eventually it became clear that responses on projective tests varied considerably with the situation, the instructions and the scorer.