Open AccessRORSCHACH PREDICTION OF SUCCESS IN CLINICAL TRAINING: A SECOND LOOK 1, 2
Author(s) -
Carlson Rae
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1968.tb00561.x
Subject(s) - rorschach test , conceptualization , psychology , vocational education , id, ego and super ego , personality , index (typography) , blank , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , clinical psychology , applied psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , world wide web
This study reports the development of a Rorschach Index based upon an ego—pyschological conceptualization of an “optimal personality picture” of the successful trainee in clinical psychology. Rorschach Index predictions for 155 trainees of the VA assessment project (Kelly & Fiske, 1951) were compared with dichotomous predictions from the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). The Rorschach Index predicted success and failure and identified failures for “personality reasons” more effectively than the MAT or the SVIB. Implications for use of an “ideal type” approach in prediction are discussed.