An Associative Technique for Analyzing the Content of Rorschach Test Responses

Abstract

The usual methods of Rorschach content analysis used in clinical work are the psychologist's associations, the cookbook approach, and the card as a standard stimulus approach. These methods lead to much speculation in interpretation. An approach is suggested for analyzing content that relies on the patient's associations to his responses. A comparison is made with dream interpretation. This approach was tried with several protocols and the results seem to have a good payoff value.