Posted on 07/30/2009 8:51:14 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has been drawn into a row over its decision to publish common responses to the 10 Rorschach inkblots.
The plates were created by the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach for his book "Psychodiagnostik," published in 1921. Because they were made more than 90 years ago their US copyright has lapsed.
However, psychologists have complained that publishing the inkblots and responses is the equivalent to putting answers to school exams on the internet.
"The only winners seem to be those for whom this issue has become personal, and who see this as a game in which victory means having their way," one Wikipedia poster named Faustian wrote on Monday, adding, "Just don't pretend you are doing anything other than harming scientific research."
Initially Wikipedia had just one of the inkblots online, but the row intensified in June, when James Heilman, an emergency-room doctor from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, posted images of all 10 plates to the bottom of the article about the test, along with what research had found to be the most popular responses for each.
"I just wanted to raise the bar whether one should keep a single image on Wikipedia seemed absurd to me, so I put all 10 up," Dr.
Heilman said in an interview. "The debate has exploded from there." Psychologists have registered with Wikipedia to argue that the site is jeopardising one of the oldest continuously used psychological assessment tests.
The plates have appeared on other websites, but it was not until they showed up on the popular Wikipedia site that psychologists became concerned.
"The more test materials are promulgated widely, the more possibility there is to game it," said Bruce L. Smith, a psychologist and president of the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods, who has posted
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I had one of these tests as a child. They said I responded like a Vietnam vet who had been in a war zone. I took that as a compliment and left it at that.
Am I seeing that right? In that plctured inkblot I see Nancy Pelosi has got Satan and Stalin buy the nads and squeezin hard.
Pelosi?
That’s a stretch...
What you don’t think she would hang out whith them ?
Was it a past life reading? LOL!
Hehehe. Too much film noir, I suspect.
If it does, I’ve got the same symptoms.
Looks like a sheep wearing the Pope’s outfit, parting the Knights who say, “Ni.”
She sends me to the principal, and I get to his office and I sit down and he looks at me and says, “Emo, Emo, Emo.” I said, “I'm the one in the middle, you drunken slob.” He said, “How would you like to repeat the fifth grade?” I said, “Well, I don't know if I could do it exactly, uh, but I'll try.” He said, “I could expel you!” I said, “You'll have to catch and eat me first, ya wierdo!” He said, “Emo, you have to go over to the school psychologist.” I said, “Why do I have to go to the school psychologist?” So he shows me the petition.
And I go over to the psychologist, and he says, “Emo, what does this inkblot look like to you?” I said, “Oh, it's kind of embarrassing.” He said, “Emo, everyone sees something, so don't be embarrassed. Tell me what the inkblot looks like to you.” I said, “Well, to me it looks like standard pattern #3 in the Rorschach series to test obsessive compulsiveness.” And he gets kind of depressed. I said, “Okay, it's a butterfly.” And he cheers up. He said, “What does this inkblot look like?” I said, “It looks like a horrible ugly blob of pure evil that sucks the souls of man into a vortex of sin and degradation.” He said, “No, um, the inkblot's over there. That's a photo of my wife you're looking at.” “Oh,” I said, “was I far off?” He said, “No. That's the sad part.”
And he gives me a chocolate Easter bunny. And this shows how tricky those guys are. I eat the chocolate and I think, wait a second... this isn't around Easter. “Was this a test?” He said, “Yes.” “And what does it mean?” He said, “Well, had you eaten the ears first you would have been normal; had you eaten the feet first you would have had an inferiority complex; had you eaten the tail first you would have had latent homosexual tendencies; and had you eaten the breasts first you would have had a latent oedipal complex.” I said, “Well, go on. What does it mean when you bite out the eyes and scream, ‘Stop staring at me!’?’” He says, “It shows you've a tendency towards self-destruction.” I said, “What do you recommend?” He says, “Go for it!”
- Emo Philips
What is that guy carrying birth control pills in his left hand?
No, just slightly pathetic.
I see a pink eared bunny in a priests robe hugging two overweight chocolate Santas carrying bags of toys.
I am certain this means I am insane, but at least I had the decency to not look up the answers.
LOL Stretched damn near to the point of catastrophic failure.
“The more test materials are promulgated widely, the more possibility there is to game it,” said Bruce L. Smith, a psychologist and president of the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods”
Said with a straight face, no doubt
Looks a skunk I ran over a few weeks ago.
To me, this looks remarkably like the official seal on the face of Barry's birth certificate.
Not for phrenology. These guys are the same APA that removed homosexuality and a rash of other mental illnesses from standard practice. I mean they know, buddy!
Is this what a gynecologist sees?
There is a depressing amount of politics in the psych trade, no doubt. I guess inkblots never became politically incorrect.
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