My understanding is that Rorschach did indeed select cards that seemed to do a decent job of distinguishing schizophrenic (or perhaps more broadly psychotic) individuals from non-schizophrenic individuals. So Christopher Green is correct that at least some of Rorschach stimuli were selected empirically. Nevertheless, I am not aware of much evidence that many of the original Rorschach scores (indices) themselves were selected empirically, as that's another matter. ...Scott
Quoting "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Stephen Black wrote: > > > In other words, the Rorschach is a fine example of a well-constructed > > and validated test, "exactly as an empiricist would have wanted"? > > No, it is mostly worthless. But my understanding is that it was > constructed along empiricist lines. My point was that the two are not > mutually exclusive. > > > This is not the Rorschach with which I'm familiar. The one I know > > was described by sometimes-TIPster Scott Lilienfeld and his co- > > authors at http://www.csicop.org/si/2003-07/rorschach.html > > (from their book "What's Wrong with the Rorschach? Science Confronts > > the Controversial Inkblot Test"). They note that "scientific > > colleagues...[say] that the test is well-nigh worthless, a > > pseudoscientific modern variant on tea leaf reading and Tarot cards". > > That's the one I'm talking about. > > See the empiricist appeal to authority rather than address the > historical (and empirical, by the way) argument at issue. :-) If Scott's > has information that the Rorschach was not constructed more or less > along the lines I sketched, I would be interested in hearing it. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > M3J 1P3 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > fax: 416-736-5814 > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ============================ > . > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
