Which one of the following is a projective test of personality?

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KVS PRT Official Paper (Held On : 2017)

Answer 1

Projective tests of personality are the tests that are designed to:

reveal those central aspects of personality that lie in the unconscious mind of an individual.

evaluate a person's interests, attitudes, thought patterns, etc., while responding to ambiguous test materials.

Key Points

There are different kinds of projective tests of personality and the 'Word Association Test' is one of them.

Word Association Test, propounded by 'Francis Galton' is a projective technique in which:

some predecided stimuli or a series of a word are presented one by one to the subject.

the subject is required to respond to the first word that comes to mind after hearing the stimulus word.

Hence it could be interpreted that the 'Word Association Test' is a projective test of personality.

Additional Information

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

The MMPI is one of the most common self-report inventories.
It is designed to measure multiple aspects of personality and to develop a suitable remedy.

Sociometric test

It is a test that presents and evaluates the relationship between people within a society or group.

Bell's Adjustment Inventory

It is a test that assesses the extent to which an individual adjusts with himself as well as with his environment.
These are inventories that try to evaluate the level of adjustment of a person to different aspects of one’s life. For instance, some of the adjustments that are studied here include adjustment to self, health, home, and school.

Hint

Other Projective Tests of Personality include: