Editing Projective test (section)

==Projective hypothesis==
This holds that an individual puts structure on an ambiguous situation in a way that is consistent with their own conscious and unconscious needs. It is an indirect method- testee is talking about something that comes spontaneously from the self without conscious awareness or editing.
*Reduces temptation to fake 
*Does not depend as much on verbal abilities 
*Taps both conscious and unconscious traits 
*Focus is clinical perspective - not normative - but has developed norms over the years<ref name="neiu">Projective Methods for Personality Assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2012, from http://www.neiu.edu/~mecondon/proj-lec.htm.</ref>