Gamble (1972) reviewed the literature on the Holtzman and concluded that the
a. Holtzman is clearly superior to the Rorschach.
b. Holtzman is clearly inferior to the Rorschach.
c. Holtzman and Rorschach are about equally sound.
d. data are insufficient and it should not be considered any more useful than the Rorschach.
The main difficulty with the Holtzman Inkblot Test is
a. cumbersome administration.
b. questionable validity.
c. lack of an alternative form.
d. lack of normative data.
The Holtzman Test
a. is an alternative to the Rorschach.
b. is an alternative to the TAT.
c. has proven to be more useful than the Rorschach in clinical settings.
d. has proven to be more useful than the alternatives to the traditional procedures.
Supportive evidence in favor of the Holtzman Inkblot Test
a. is highly objective.
b. is based on quantitative features.
c. appears to depend on examiner skill.
d. depends on formal interpretive standards.
Which of the following is a criticism of the Rorschach?
a. lack of universally accepted scoring procedures
b. unstable results over time
c. no empirical base
d. more than one of these
The psychometric properties of the Rorschach have been difficult to evaluate because
a. the Rorschach is difficult to administer.
b. there is no universally accepted method of administration.
c. responses can only be subjectively evaluated.
d. the Rorschach has no clinical utility.
Which statement is true of the Rorschach?
a. Due to the consensus on its lack of validity, it is no longer used to diagnose patients.
b. Due to the consensus on its lack of validity, it is no longer used to diagnose patients.
c. Due to the lack of consensus on its validity, it is not currently used to diagnose patients.
d. Despite the consensus on its lack of validity, it is still used to diagnose a great number of patients each year.
The Rorschach tends to ____ emotionally disturbed individuals.
a. accurately identify
b. underestimate the number of
c. overestimate adults but not children as
d. identify over half of normal subjects as
Most researchers today feel that the Comprehensive System for scoring
a. is an effective improvement to the Rorschach.
b. has failed to remedy the problems associated with the Rorschach.
c. still has a ways to go but at least provides adequate norms.
d. makes improvements that allow the test to be used in forensic settings.
Exner's attempts to provide adequate norms for the Rorschach have largely failed because
a. he miscalculated the actual number of people in the norming group.
b. his sample came from relatives of psychiatric patients.
c. his sample did not use both males and females.
d. only educated people from upper income levels were used.
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