The Ies "Experiment"

Abstract

St~mmasy.-This review of research with the IES Test considers the stimulus properties, response tendencies, standardization, reliability and validity. Suggestions are made for revision of the manual and the subtesrs and for further research.The IES Test (Dombrose & Slobin, 1957) yields projective material which is objectively scored to provide personality descriptions within a theoretical framework. I t merits analysis as an "experiment" representing the possibility of increased meaningful and accurate personality descriptions and predictions.The original IES Test (Dombrose 8: Slobin, 1951) was composed of 1 0 subrests designed to measure the relative strengths of impulse, ego, and superego. Four of these s~~b t e s t s were selected as the most adequate and comprise the published version (Dombrose & Slobin, 1957, 1958. Using the framework of psychoanalytic theory, a group of situations are presented to the testee. These are designed to stimulate responses representing expression of the impulses, ego, and superego. Responses are quantifiable and provide a measure of the relative strengths of the psychic appararus. The four s~~b t e s t s of the IES are Picture Titles ( P T ) , Picture Story Completion (PSC) , Photo-Analysis ( P h A ) , and Arrow-Dot ( A D ) . FOUR SUBTESTS OF THE IES TEST Picture Title SnbtestPT has 12 drawings whose depicted activities and objects are classifiable into impulse, ego, and superego categories (I, E, S, D , IS, and S S ) . Ss respond by composing a title for each picture. Detailed criteria for scoring are presented in the test manual. Two independent scorers had 91% agreement for 180 titles from Ss (Dombrose & Slobin, 1958).In regard to the six scoring categories for PT, I is the impulse score, and S has five possible types of response which are scored I. These response types are variations or blending of impulse recognition and impulse expression. A similar approach is used with S, the superego score. Seven possible types of response can be scored S. There is also an IS score for titles referring to I and S areas as distinct or without integration. The S score is added to the D score to give a ZS score. The D score refers to titles which put psychological distance between S and the significant picture content. The ego score, E, refers to a title which integrates the I, E, and S aspects of the picture. P T is designed to measure the degree and type of projection through its different scoring categories. But the scoring does not reflect the variety of I and

IES Test Performance by Learning Disabled Boys

“…Herron's (1966) review of the IES literature indicated that the Arrow-Dot-I and the Arrow-Dot-E sections of the IES Test are of particular value in that they possess the highest reliabilities and power to discriminate between clini-cal a n d control populations. In the present study eight predictions were advanced in regard to ego and impulse score means, based on the theoretical model of the IES Test.…”