The American Psychologist as the official organ of the American Psychological Association attempts to publish articles of broad general interest to the membership. When the positions advanced are controversial, comments are often solicited from others holding different opinions. Such is the case with the following article on insurance reimbursement. Readers are urged to read both the article and the four comments immediately following.
A comparative study of tuberculosis patients using three projective tests, the Rorschach, the TAT, and the H-T-P " . . . would support the authors' basic hypothesis that accurate prediction of specific overt behavior from projective techniques is dependent upon the extent to which the test provides a measure of the interaction between needs of the individual and a symbolization of the external factors of the situation in which the behavior occurs."
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