Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?

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A psychiatrist holding up an inky blob and saying “what does this look like?” might be the most famous psycholigical test of all time. Originally developed by Hermann Rorschach as means of detecting schizophrenia, this little known and abstract test went on to become a pop culture staple featured in everything from The Golden Girls to Armegeddon. But why? And more importantly, can those weird little blobs actually reveal anything about your personality?

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Works Cited:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19048975
https://www.newswise.com/articles/personality-tests-show-bias
https://www.academia.edu/9321448/Cultural_Bias_in_Psychological_Assessment
http://rorschach-inkblot-test.com/history.html
https://ed.ted.com/on/N0YfO5a9#review
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/myers-briggs-does-it-pay-to-know-your-type/2012/12/14/eaed51ae-3fcc-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html?utm_term=.8816da96dca8
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Rorschach#ref839172
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-grant/goodbye-to-mbti-the-fad-t_b_3947014.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/people-love-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/404737/
https://www.wired.com/2009/04/april-2-1922-rorschach-dies-leaving-a-blot-on/
“Personality Measurement, Faking, and Employment Selection” Joyce Hogan, Paul Barrett, and Robert Hogan
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.475&rep=rep1&type=pdf
“THE USE OF PERSONALITY TESTS AS A HIRING TOOL: IS THE BENEFIT WORTH THE COST?” Susan J. Stabile
https://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jbl/articles/volume4/issue2/Stabile4U.Pa.J.Lab.&Emp.L.279(2002).pdf
Woodworth Personal Data Sheet
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/WPI.php
https://www.britannica.com/science/personality-assessment#ref415027
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4581311?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Hans Eysenck
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-20/edition-11/personality-and-psychology-hans-eysencks-unifying-themes
https://study.com/academy/lesson/hans-jurgen-eysenck-personality-theory-lesson-quiz.html
(Not sure if this source is great one. Need to fact check)
Computer Boys Take Over : Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (Nathan Ensmenger)
On Inkblots:
https://psychcentral.com/lib/rorschach-inkblot-test/
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/17/515449428/how-hermann-rorschachs-inkblots-took-on-a-life-of-their-own
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/HEMCR/
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18952667
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/03/do_psychologists_still_use_rorschach_tests.html
https://www.rorschachtraining.com/rorschach-comprehensive-system-current-issues/
https://newrepublic.com/article/140266/eye-beholder-rorschach-inkblots-personality-testing-art-damion-searls-review
https://www.bustle.com/articles/8530-what-rorschach-inkblot-test-tells-you-about-your-personality
Phrenology
https://www.princeton.edu/~cggross/ency_neuro_phren.pdf
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/the-shape-of-your-head-and-the-shape-of-your-mind/282578/
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