The effects of perceptual training on the Rorschach W and Z scores.

The influence of situational and interpersonal variables in projective testing.

“…Nor did Norman, Leverant, and Redlo (1952) find that Rorschach scores were altered by having one group of 5s first look at colored food ads while another group looked at pictures of people in motion. Evidence that perceptual training can influence Rorschach performance has been reported by Keyes (1954) and Leventhal (1956). Subjects trained on stimuli similar to the Street Gestalt pictures produced an increase in the number of whole responses on the group Rorschach (Keyes, 1954).…”

“…Subjects trained on stimuli similar to the Street Gestalt pictures produced an increase in the number of whole responses on the group Rorschach (Keyes, 1954). Training on the Gottschaldt figures before an administration of the group Rorschach resulted in lower W and Z scores (Leventhal, 1956).…”

Effects of verbal and nonverbal reinforcement in the Rorschach.

“…While there is some awareness of the dynamic interactions between examiner (E) and subject (5), the problem of just how and to what extent test results are influenced by these interactions have not been fully explored. It has been demonstrated that Rorschach responses can be influenced by orientational sets stemming from pretest practice (Leventhal, 1956), pretest suggestion (Abramson, 1951), and conscious instructions (Henry & Rotter,19S6), as well as by E differences (Sanders & Cleveland, 1953), but there are also reasons to believe that the E's actions throughout the testing situation may affect Rorschach performance (Wickes, 1956).…”