MMPI correlates of certain movement responses in the group Rorschachs of two college samples.

Abstract

VISUALIZATION of move-JL ment in the Rorschach cards is generally considered to be one of the most psychologically significant of the various types of responses to the test. Rorschach. [6] presented a general interpretation of the determinant of human movement or M which has been accepted to some degree by virtually all later investigators: This component of intelligence can be nothing other than the ability to create new, individual productions, the capacity for "inner creation." In its finest development we call this artistic inspiration, religious experience, etc. Kinaesthesias must, therefore, be some sort of instrument for "inner creation" and for the ability to show introversion.

The Rorschach as a measure of intelligence.

“…It was further noted on the scattergrams where the M function was plotted against the criteria of intelligence that a curvilinear relationship seemed definitely to be present. The Eta between M and the Verbal Aptitude [9] proved to be .54, in comparison with the linear r of .37. The Eta for the first administration of the Rorschach in 1947 with the Ohio Psychological Examination proved to be .63.…”

“…As has been noted in previous publications [1,3,9], some seventy-five aspects of the Rorschach were quantified 341 and entered on cards for each individual student, thus permitting the usual interquartile item-analysis technique to be employed in the attempt to find correlates of intelligence. Two criteria of intelligence, both admittedly highly verbal, were made use of: (1) for the 1946 group, the Altus' Measure of Verbal Aptitiide; (2) for the 1947 group, the Ohio Psychological Examination, Form, 21.…”

Comparison of the Rorschach and MMPI by means of factor analysis.

“…Although a number of research papers have been published treating separately the MMPI and the Rorschach, few comparison studies have been made. Several investigators [1,4,6] have explored relationships between the group forms of the two tests. These studies have not revealed striking association between them.…”