I've just changed textbooks for intro this year and noted that in the powerpoint slides and text I will be using this year they have intelligence test items. I have routinely seen these in the past in other intro texts; as well as items from various clinical tests (anxiety and depression scales; various MMPI items, etc). The idea is to give the student an idea of what the items are like and how they address the diagnosis or assessment.
Very few intro students are likely to become professionals and many more of them are likely to require testing over their lifetime. I suspect this one time exposure to just a couple of items doesn't really compromise the test. Interestingly, however, I've never heard any discussion of the appropriateness of that practice. Incidentally, about 15 years ago my brother went through a nasty divorce and as part of the custody hearings had to take the Rorschach to determine his suitability for shared custody. At that time he was able to find a website that described all the cards and how to respond to them to be judged "normal", even if they didn't actually show all the cards. So, is it that much more egregious to actually show the cards? The wiki article does NOT tell you how to respond depending on the diagnosis you want; only what the most common responses tend to be; but there is no indication as to whether or not those responses indicate any specific pathology (or lack thereof). The same, I believe, was depicted in the movie Good Will Hunting. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:51:15 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: [tips] Canadian Psychological Association and dissemination of the >Rorschach test >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > As the topic of the publication in Wikipedia of the > Rorschach ink blots and their most common answers > was discussed recently on TIPS, you may be > interested in the following: > > > > CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (CPA) POSITION ON > PUBLICATION AND > DISSEMINATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS > > > http://www.cpa.ca/cpasite/userfiles/Documents/advocacy/2009%20CPA%20Psychological%20test%20statement%20.pdf. > > > > Miguel > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
