Post 3: Projective testing

    In some of the old tv shows or movies, when a character is with a psychologist, the psychologist is typically holding up a piece of paper and facing it towards the character. They look at the character and say, "Tell me what you see" or "What do you see" or something else along those lines. Those messy blots of ink on paper later on after its creation used as a gag on tv and media are  what's known as  the Rorshach inkblot test. The test is grouped in alongside other similar personality tests and are known as the Projective tests,.  These tests allow the person being tested to use unguided or "free-form responses" to answer questions or visualizes their own observations in an objective manner.

    Although the tests are no longer all too popular or accurate, they are interesting as their original purpose was not meant to group people together but as a means for the psychologist to gain a better understanding of their patient, be it their emotional state, their interpersonal dynamics,  or any sort of data needed that they could gain through the themes and patterns the psychologist would be able to garner from the way the tests were answered. Although no longer used as a proper official means with which to diagnose individuals, it is interesting that we have similar tests still today that are much more widespread and accessible to the everyday bored person, like the personality UQuizzes, Buzzfeed quizzes, or even National Geographic quizzes.

https://www.pbs.org/video/does-the-rorschach-inkblot-test-work-ratyaf/

https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-projective-test.html