The relationship between high ability college students and normal adults on the Exner Comprehensive Rorschach System /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1988.
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| Online Access: | ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to compare response patterns on the Exner Comprehensive Rorschach System for high ability (as measured by the Scholastic Aptitude Test) college students 17-22 years of age and the existing norms for adult nonpatients. The role of creativity in expected differential response patterns is also addressed, using the Torrance Test of Creativity as a measure of each subject's creativity. To accomplish these purposes, the Exner Comprehensive Rorschach System and the Torrance Test of Creativity, Verbal Form A, were administered to a sample of undergraduate students at Texas A&M University. The sample consisted of 180 "high ability" students, with "high ability" defined as a total score of 1192 or higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Five undergraduate students, majoring in Psychology, were trained to administer both instruments. The test protocols were scored by this researcher. The subjects were also asked to complete a brief demographic questionnaire, to be used for secondary analysis of the data. Analysis of the data was performed by use of descriptive statistics to address each of five research questions. Means, standard deviations, correlations, frequencies and percentages were computed for each variable of interest, and independent-sample t-tests were computed to compare differences across variables. A Pearson Correlation Matrix was constructed to assess relationships between Rorschach and Torrance variables. Results indicated that numerous Rorschach variables analyzed in this study vary as a function of membership in one of 2 groups; "normal" adult nonpatients, and high ability and/or creative college age students. The Rorschach variables found to be significantly different for these 2 groups are those that have considerable interpretive weight; thus, the typical protocol of a high ability, creative college age individual, based on the findings of this study, will tend to characterize the subject as having schizophrenic features. Such findings strongly suggest the need for normative data that more closely parallels the characteristics of the study sample. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Educational Psychology." |
| Physical Description: | xii, 116 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-100). |