"Tell me what you see and I will tell you who you are". I think almost everyone has seen at least one time an inkblot test going on in a film, TV series or stuff like that. This test is called Rorschach test and it is a projective personality assessment in which individuals are asked to describe what they see in a series of inkblots. Projective personality tests are supposed to be able to measure areas of your unconscious mind such as personality characteristic, fears, doubts and attitudes.
So what about doing a little game using the inkblots to assess your hidden personality traits? But first, let's read a bit more about this test.
The origins of the Rorschach Test
The test takes its name from its inventor, Hermann Rorschach; it all started when he was still a child and he used to play a game called "Blotto" or "Klecksographie" (famous in the Germany and in the Switzerland of the 19th century) which consisted in throwing some ink on a sheet, then fold it and find out which particular images came out. Rorschach became so passionate about this game that collected all the figures that came out of it and created poetry. At the age of 20 he decided to devote himself to psychiatry and he continued his studies in Zurich, where he met Carl Jung, founder of the analytical psychology. At the beginning of his career he looked for innovative methods to use on patients, something like a "game" where people had to say anything that came to mind but without thinking about it for too long. When he started using the inkblots for this purpose, he noticed they were a good material to have the "entire picture" of the person's mind and so he started to carry out his research.
After a while he understood that subjects with a rather similar personality all saw in the inkblots the same images; moreover, patients with psychiatric or schizophrenic disease all saw similiar images in the inkblots too. Initially inkblot boards were 40 even if Rorschach usually used only 15 of these; due to some publishing problems Rorschach selected the actual 10 boards: 5 of them are with black ink on white, 2 are made of black and red ink and 3 are made of many colors. These images need to be seen in a certain order, one at a time, with only 10 seconds available to look at the board and say, without much thinking, what we see.
Tell me what you see and I will tell you...
The purpose of the test is to uncover hidden aspects of the personality based on what we could perceive from the inkblots. For example, the number of human figures saw could determine how we relate to the others; if we perceive an ongoing fight it could mean we are an aggressive person or moreover, if perceive the picture as something offensive, it could relate to self-esteem problems. There were also cards that showed what kind of relationship there could be with one's father or mother.
It must be said that Rorschach was not the first one to suggest the use of ambiguous pictures; Leonardo Da Vinci did it before him, even though Rorschach's one was a more systematic approach. However, Rorschach test is not considered a real psychological test because to be considered as such, it should present more psychometric qualities. Anyway, it is still used in the clinical setting, especially to define interpersonal relationships. Despite it's usefullness, the Rorschach test become popular in the United States only after his death.
Let's play a game
WARNING: this test is not used to make diagnosis of mental illness of any sort. It could confirm or suggest some personality traits of each of us. The results of the test depend on many factors like the answers reaction time, the context in which the subject is, previous experiences in private life and the results of all 10 tables.
The rules are simple: look one image at time for 10 seconds and then write down everything it comes in your mind. Do this for each image. Try to "see" what every inkblot hide, even rotating the image itself.
The meaning of each inkblot will be reported at the end of this post. To avoid any influence in your assessments, I recommend to not read the results before you partecipate to the test. Feel free to share your doubts, results and tought about this test in the comments!
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Results
TABLE 1
In this table most people see an animal like bat, a moth, a butterfly or something more different live a carved pumpkin. If you see a female figure with and something offensive came to your mind, it can be a symptom of self-esteem problems. On the other hand, if you see a mask or an animal face, you could be a little paranoid. some people may see a battleship: this denote anxiety or fear. Again, if you see an angel, it indicates purity and innocence.
TABLE 2
In this table, unlike the first one, there is a new color, the color of the blood. The red symbolizes aggression and impulsivity. The most common answers to this inkblot are "two women" or "goblins". It describes the relationships you have with others; if these figures are not perceived, you may have problems relating to other people. If you see a fight, it could mean that you could be violent when they make you angry. On the contrary, if you see their hands have joined a sign of peace, it means that you are a very peaceful, sweet person that does not want to hur anybody, even if they are meany to you. Another type of common interpretation is "an entrance of a cave" or a butterfly. In some pathological cases, the patient could project aggression on the image or one the psychiatrist because he showed him this figure. For those who do not see anything in this image, you can have an attitude to escaping due to the denial of their aggressivity or for the fear of aggression by other people.
TABLE 3
This is the board that should express your sexual orientation, in fact you can perceive two female or male figures; here, some ink stains can determine sexual preference. If you find it difficult to perceive human figures or puppets, it may be a sign that you do not feel confident about others, particularly strangers.
TABLE 4
This is also called the "father table". It represents authority: it can be your own boss, the government or your own father. When Rorschach proposed it in the 1920s, the paternal figure was seen differently from today: maybe it was feared more in past century and its authority was greater. In general, this table could represent something threatening and the feelings you feel when looking at it, represent what you feel towards authority.
TABLE 5
This table, according to Rorschach, is the simplest. It is also called the "table of reality". We tend to see mostly a butterfly or a bat (all images seen in previuos tables). If you had to see crocodile heads on the ends of the wings, you could be hostile towards others. If you do not see animals or take too long to see something, it's a bad sign: it could mean you are a bit away from reality.
TABLE 6
The secret of this paper is to rotate by 45 ° or 80 °, as you prefer. This card could detect sexual attitude on a subconscious level. If you see an animal skin, you like tactile sensations; if you see a boat or man, it means that you have a dominant and active sexual role. You could also see a submarine on the surface or a carpet. In the latter case you may find it difficult to stay alone and you need to be engaged in a relationship.
TABLE 7
It is also called the "mother's table" and usually symbolizes something welcoming. Most people see two girls or two women. This image tells the relationship you have with your mother. If you see stormy clouds, it could mean that the relationship with your mother is not optimal and it can be a symbol of anxiety.
TABLE 8
In this figure, the most common answer is to see a four-legged animal, whatever animal it is, the important thing is to see that it is four-legged. But if it took you a while to see it, it means you may have difficulty processing information. If you feel uncomfortable seeing this card It could mean you are anxious. Basically this table evaluate the ability to adapt and affectivity. Other common positive responses are a tree, a rib cage or a Christmas tree.
TABLE 9
It is also referred to as the table of sublimation. In this picture, the less answers you give, the better. In any case it is normal to work a little to find something. Usually most people see an explosion of fire, a rocket or even a flower. If you see green mushrooms it could be a sign of paranoid. Fighting men or monsters in the yellow area above could be be a sign of social maladjustment.
TABLE 10
Finally we have the tenth table, which usually gives a sense of familiarity. Here it is very positive if you see so many things; it should make you think of an image of marine life, for example the presence of seahorses, fish or spiders, caterpillars. If you have seen them all means that you are satisfied with your life and you have full control.
Rorschach was used to diagnose schizophrenia in past decades. Actually, all mental disorders have a well know organic origin and are diagnosed with different criteria, this is why Rorschach test is not reliable anymore but it could be still used to assess one's personality.
Cautions!
People with serious psychiatric problems usually tends to see almost all the "moving" images, like flying animals or people moving. Moreover, they do not see the presence of any human figure in all the tables. There are several interpretations of this test, but in current clinical practice it's not used anymore. So, if you don't suit yourself with the traits revealed, don't be afraid. Mentall illness is a really serious problem, and current diagnosis tool are way less subjective than this test. Still, this one could give us a good insight on how we are in the deep. At least, it could make us think about ourselves. If you saw anything that is not described above, please report in comments, I will try to give an answer to your results!
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I have seen this type of tests and images in many other social media platforms. I saw many images which suggest that I have a sound mind but I think I am a crazy person to some extent. I know what my strong points are and what weaknesses are there in my personality.
I am little skeptic about these types of test. How can one deduce that seeing one thing in an image will have one meaning and on seeing something else it will have other meaning?
Can these types of tests reveal every trait of a person's personality? Are they reliable and can they be used for the medico legal purposes?
While they are reliable in some extent, they cannot be used for the medico legal purpose anymore. The diagnosis of mental disorders is made with DSM, a more objective set of criteria which far more reliable.
Thank you for clarifying!
This might be sometimes hard since being told not to think about it, you actually subconsciously start thinking about it. When I went through the images, at first I saw some skeletons, or perhaps strange looking face than on the following image I could see butterfly 🦋... By checking the results based on my imagination I can tell about myself that I’m not paranoid or out of reality 😆. That’s good! I Hope! on image #9 I saw flower as you mentioned it. That’s good too!
That’s exactly what I saw on image #10. But I also saw birds.
Anyway, I think I know myself pretty well and I can tell that I’m definitely not a psychopath, paranoid or out of reality. However, no one in this world is perfect and I’m pretty sure going through this test completely, you could get confirmation of what you already know about yourself including you negatives.
I just wanted to let you know that there is plenty of empirical evidence to support the use of the Rorschach. It should be used to inform the assessor of thought processes and content, relation to self and others, and severe personality issues. It is not generally supported as a diagnostic tool, except in the case of thought disorder issues. Individual answers are typically not evaluated, but the information is taken as aggregate data. The answers are coded according to the RPAS system and then evaluated through computer software. When used properly it has a comparable validity to the MMPI-2 and other psych assessments.
Thanks for the additional information!
I wonder what results artificial intelligences today would get if they took various personality tests. And what the Origin of AI might be, for an episode on something super recent, which might highlight a difference in how we think about origins of old things vs origins of new things, which I'd really like to hear about.
This could be really a nice experiment to do!
Rorshach test is not relevant for the diagnosis of personality disorder, nor is the other projective tests (MMPI and TAT) because of the categorical character (qualitative and non-quantitative diagnostic criteria) of classification of personality disorders both in the DSM and the CIM There are nevertheless similarities in certain terms with the MMPI (hysterical, paranoid, etc.) but with different definitions. As for the classification system of Rorshach it is inspired more by psychoanalysis. In terms of research this test has never given anything in terms of personality profiles, both in terms of behavioral problems and abuse of substance, "psychosomatic diseases", etc. It is a bit of a gas plant that would have fallen into disuse if it had received a facelift by the Exner method that quantifies it. In my opinion it is a reprieve and I think it is abandoned in the Anglo-Saxon countries "(Dr. Daniel Nollet 2003 - co-author of" the pathological personalities "Ed Masson)
I also tried to stress this in the text above. This test is not used anymore for mental disorders thanks to the DSM and the other more objective diagnostic tools. But this test still it is considered a personality assessment tool and while it's not used so much anymore, it's still reliable in some extent. Thanks for your informative comment!
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We must be careful and consultation with the doctor is necessary!! If you ever heard the responses of a person with active psychosis, you would understand the value of this test despite its questionable psychometric properties.Death being a common element might mean you think about death a lot. More animals than humans has social implications. That sort of way of thinking is why this test is accurate in some ways. In the fully-detailed personality part Knowledge is power. this is an educative piece. i'm glad i took time to read it .Just one suggestion to make it even better, especially if you would like to write regularly, is to get someone to edit the text. It is always easier to find small mistakes in someone else’s text than your own.Do keep sharing this kind of information please. People need to know this. Thanks for reading the post and thanks for sharing it with your family for everyday life! I learned a lot of new and instructive.Useful test. And you told me a lot about it.Creative success to you, Sir @adsactly. I wish you new achievements and knowledge!I checked my associations and found out that everything is fine with me! I'm fine. )
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If you ever heard the responses of a person with active psychosis, you would understand the value of this test despite its questionable psychometric properties. Sometimes responses to ambiguous stimuli can be revelatory in ways science cannot fully explain.
Most of the test is by what you say being correlative to what is often or sometimes on your mind. Death being a common element might mean you think about death a lot. More animals than humans has social implications. That sort of way of thinking is why this test is accurate in some ways. In the fully-detailed personality part, it is a bit shaky because the way it does the personality testing is from an analyzed sample of participants’ most common features that correlate to what the image “shows”.
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Great post. very informative.
That was quite interesting. But i was able to understand half of the pictures. The results were true to some extent.
very interesting the Rorschach test, and its ability to deliver valid and reliable personality results
better structured to generate a good content impossible congratulations and my respects.
In picture 2 I saw the people touching their hands and he describes me totally, I am a very peaceful person and i don't like the fight.
It took me a long time to try to decipher each image but the results were worth the pain.
I saw the first image as some alien was throwing away wolves in the air.
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Image 1 groups of bat birds holding hands in opposite direction
image 2 two animals in squirting position holding one hands and legs together
image 3 signifies two hearts together carrying out the same work. the red colors together in the middle is their hearts clinch together
image 4, 5, 6, 7 i cant really figure out what it signify s
image 8 two animal creaturs holding two flag like in opposite direction.
image 9 what i see is maps of different region
image 10 is two crabs in opposite direction
Coming together to form one strong body or entity.
This is all i see wholeheartedly
i really learned a lot from the story.
Very good those exercises, I did not know them, I feel balanced
Knowledge is power. this is an educative piece. i'm glad i took time to read it. thanks for sharing
I found this test curious, I had seen it in movies or something similar, but I had never had to respond to it, my results were quite normal, as far as possible, since I am very balanced and constant.
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This was actuallly pretty fun to go through great post!!!
Second picture, I saw two fried chicken giving each other high fives. I wonder what that says about me. Aside from being a peaceful because of the hand sign.
I guess it means you are a peaceful guy that loves fried chicken!
Which is funny because I'm black. I heard fried chicken has that positive effect on us.
I wrote down on paper of what I thought about the images.
I have not read the results till now, but I will say that images were a bit of more of the same at the end. For the last few images I had to think for a while. What I actually wanted to do was to write the first few things that came to mind after looking at the picture. In a way I wanted to give it a few seconds and ponder but I didn't want to overthink it and ruin the test.
....... now I am going back to read the results.
Really interesting post and this is the first time I took this test. Thanks for sharing this !
Incredible test.
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@criptoitaly very intresting I wonder I saw vampires, bears, bats, Am I crazy or what lol lol lol, good post
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