Editing Projective test (section)

==Concerns==
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===Assumptions===
*The more unstructured the stimuli, the more examinees reveal about their personality.
*Projection is greater to stimulus material that is similar to the examinee
*There is an "unconscious."
*Subjects are unaware of what they disclose
*Provides information about personality that is not obtainable through self-report measures<ref name=":0" />
*Subjects are projecting their personality onto the ambiguous stimuli they are interpreting<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Gregory J.|last2=Kurtz|first2=John E.|date=October 2006|title=Advancing Personality Assessment Terminology: Time to Retire "Objective" and "Projective" As Personality Test Descriptors|journal=Journal of Personality Assessment|volume=87|issue=3|pages=223–225|doi=10.1207/s15327752jpa8703_01|pmid=17134328|s2cid=39649994|issn=0022-3891}}</ref>

===Situation Variables===
*Age of examiner
*Specific instructions
*Subtle reinforcement cues
*Setting/privacy <ref name="ppt2">Shatz, Phillip. (n.d.) "Projective personality testing: Psychological testing." Retrieved November 21, 2012, from Staint Joseph's University: Department of Psychology Web site: http://schatz.sju.edu/intro/1001lowfi/personality/projectiveppt/sld001.htm</ref>