Research: Rorschach Inkblots

What I'm researching this week:

From the website S.P.A.R.C.

The Rorschach inkblot test (pronounced "ror-shock") has been popularized in films and books for decades, but most people know very little about it. The Rorschach cards themselves are supposed to be kept secret. Most of the time when you see Rorschach ink-blots in films and books, they are not the real blots.

The theory behind the test, created by Hermann Rorschach, is that the test taker's spontaneous or unrehearsed responses reveal deep secrets or significant information about the taker's personality or innermost thoughts. These days most reputable psychologists feel the Rorschach is unreliable at best and dangerously misleading at worst. (read more)