I think there are two important issues here. First, the issue of copyright. Most off the tests found online are copyrighted, and their posting is a violation of that (unless they are posted by or with permission from the copyright holder). For example, publishers such as PAR have a huge problem protecting their properties. It may seem insignificant to many, but it does translate into significant money. I believe (but I'm not sure) that the Mini Mental Status Exam is still under copyright, but its use is so common that many believe its public domain (and photocopies of it abound).
The second is the issue of the use of these tests to sway legal outcomes. Stories such as Annette's are frequently innocuous, but when the legal proceedings involve workers' compensation or disability, there is a great deal of unscrupulous use that goes on. I am not necessarily referring to the Rorschach, rather to those use to indicate outcomes from head injuries, exposure to toxins, and so forth. My 2 cents. Carol PS--When did the cents sign disappear from keyboards? Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -----Original Message----- From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue 8/11/2009 9:15 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Canadian Psychological Association and dissemination of the Rorschach test I think it is the kind of gaming (as described in Annette's last paragraph) that the professional psych organizations are concerned about. I've heard that you can also go online and find the "correct" responses to many other tests used to screen applicants to police jobs and such. So perhaps (as Chris noted) the "sacred" or "secret" test is just not possible any more. Marie **************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:28 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Canadian Psychological Association and dissemination of the Rorschach test 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]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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