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Marguerite R. Hertz
Marguerite Rosenberg Hertz (1899–1992) was an American psychologist who specialized in the Rorschach test. She graduated from Hunter College in 1918 and obtained her PhD from Western Reserve University in 1932 and then later was a member of the faculty there from 1938 until her retirement in 1970. She was a founding member of the Society for Personality Assessment and served as its president the year of 1940 to 1941. She received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1970. She was an active member of the feminist movement. She served for a time as president of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organization and also served as president of the Cleveland Council of Jewish Women. She also was a member of the Social and Legislation Committees for the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Jewish Women and others. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rorschach Test
The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly. The test is named after its creator, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach. The Rorschach can be thought of as a psychometric examination of pareidolia, the active pattern of perceiving objects, shapes, or scenery as meaningful things to the observer's experience, the most common being faces or other pattern of forms that are not present at the time of the observation. In the 1960s, the Rorschach was the most widely used projective test. Although the Exner Scoring System (developed since the 1960s) claims to have addressed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
