Ever take the inkblot test—or at least see one administered on TV (like in any "Law & Order" episode)? If so, then you know that there are no right or wrong answers on a Rorschach test, but responses do provide insight to the test-taker's state of mind. And yet, a controversy about the posting of 10 Rorschach inkblots on Wikipedia is rocking the scientific community, in addition to the blots themselves, the Wikipedia entry also includes the most common interpretations of what these blots look like—the old bison vs. butterfly vs. moth. So I promptly saved the Wikipedia article just in case I find myself in a situation where I am asked to take the test, I too can now cheat!!! By the way, the most common answers for the picture above is that the blue area looks like a crab, lobster or spider. I just think it looks like a Picasso!Thursday, July 30, 2009
What do you see when you look at this picture?
Ever take the inkblot test—or at least see one administered on TV (like in any "Law & Order" episode)? If so, then you know that there are no right or wrong answers on a Rorschach test, but responses do provide insight to the test-taker's state of mind. And yet, a controversy about the posting of 10 Rorschach inkblots on Wikipedia is rocking the scientific community, in addition to the blots themselves, the Wikipedia entry also includes the most common interpretations of what these blots look like—the old bison vs. butterfly vs. moth. So I promptly saved the Wikipedia article just in case I find myself in a situation where I am asked to take the test, I too can now cheat!!! By the way, the most common answers for the picture above is that the blue area looks like a crab, lobster or spider. I just think it looks like a Picasso!
