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In [[psychology]], a '''projective test''' is a [[personality test]] designed to let a person respond to ambiguous stimuli, presumably revealing hidden [[emotion]]s and internal conflicts projected by the person into the test. This is sometimes contrasted with a so-called "[[objective test]]" / "self-report test", which adopt a "structured" approach as responses are analyzed according to a presumed universal standard (for example, a multiple choice exam), and are limited to the content of the test. The responses to projective tests are [[Content analysis|content analyzed]] for meaning rather than being based on presuppositions about meaning, as is the case with objective tests. Projective tests have their origins in [[psychoanalysis]], which argues that humans have conscious and [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]] attitudes and motivations that are beyond or hidden from conscious awareness.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=J.|date=2015|title=Dredging and Projecting the Depths of Personality: The Thematic Apperception Test and the Narratives of the Unconscious|journal=Science in Context|volume=28|issue=1|pages=9–30|doi=10.1017/S0269889714000301|pmid=25832568|s2cid=35559490}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Imuta|first=Kana|date=2013|title=Drawing a Close to the Use of Human Figure Drawings as a Projective Measure of Intelligence|pmc=3597590|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=3|pages=e58991|pmid=23516590|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0058991|bibcode=2013PLoSO...858991I|doi-access=free}}</ref>