The Status of Exner's Comprehensive System in Contemporary Research

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1341-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System

Is the Exner Comprehensive System the most frequently used method or approach to Rorschach analysis? In addition to the existing literature on assessment practices, the results of a citation analysis of the PsycLIT database confirms that the Exner system is the most widely used method in research.

Psychometric Definition of Rorschach Determinant Component Structure

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond M. Costello
Keyword(s):  
Lower Order ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Definition Of

This is an empirical examination of Experienced Stimulation (es) and Experience Actual (EA) from Exner's Comprehensive System (CS) for Rorschach's Test, spurred by Kleiger's theoretical critique. Principal components analysis, Cronbach's α, and inter-item correlational analyses were used to test whether 13 determinants used to code Rorschach responses (M, FM, m, CF+C, YF+Y, C'F+C', TF+T, VF+V, FC, FC', FV, FY, FT) are best represented as a one, two, or more-dimensional construct. The 13 determinants appear to reflect three dimensions, a “lower order” sensori-motor dimension (m + CF+C + YF+Y + C'F+C' + TF+T + VF+V) with a suggested label of Modified Experienced Stimulation (MES), a “higher order” sensori-motor dimension (FM + FV + FY + FT) with a suggested label of Modified Experience Potential (MEP), and a third sensori-motor dimension (M+FC+FC') for which the label of Modified Experience Actual (MEA) is suggested. These findings are consistent with Kleiger's arguments and could lead to a refinement of CS constructs by aggregating determinants along lines more theoretically congruous and more internally consistent. A RAMONA model with parameters specified was presented for replication attempts which use confirmatory factor analytic techniques.

scholarly journals Online Remote Proctoring Software in the Neoliberal Institution: Measurement, Accountability, and Testing Culture

in education ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Cristyne Hébert
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Testing Environment ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Canadian Provinces ◽  
Remote Learning

As COVID-19 spread in early 2020, a lockdown was implemented across Canadian provinces andterritories, resulting in the shuttering of physical post-secondary campuses. Universities quicklypivoted to remote learning, and faculty members adjusted their instructional and assessmentapproaches to align with virtual environments. Presumably to aid with this process, a number ofinstitutions acquired licenses to remote online proctoring services. This paper examines theresearch around online remote proctoring, examining the justification offered for the adoption ofonline remote proctoring, and contemporary research on assessment practices in higher education.Throughout the paper, I demonstrate a lack of research that speaks to the efficacy of this mode ofassessment while also acknowledging shifts in the testing environment, and an increase in studentanxiety. I argue that online remote proctoring is not only embedded within neoliberalism and auditculture, but supports a continued reliance on testing culture. It concludes with a discussion ofassessment culture, offering some alternative assessment approaches that might disrupt the veryneed for online remote proctoring. Keywords: Online remote proctoring, assessment, testing

Effects of Learned Helplessness on Rorschach Responses

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 1011-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Rozensky ◽  
Steven M. Tovian ◽  
Paul G. Stiles ◽  
Kim Fridkin ◽  
Meg Holland
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Laboratory Experience ◽  
Reactive Depression ◽  
Exner Comprehensive System ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between the laboratory experience of learned helplessness and depressive responses on the Rorschach. 50 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a learned-helplessness or nonlearned-helplessness condition. After completion of the experimental conditions, subjects were administered Rorschachs which were scored utilizing the Exner Comprehensive System. Student's t tests indicated significantly higher scores on the sum of all responses involving the use of shading and achromatic features (right-side eb) for the learned-helplessness subjects. According to Rorschach theory, these results suggest that subjects in a learned-helplessness condition experience a more painful affective state and tend to withdraw from their environment more than subjects experiencing a nonlearned-helplessness condition. This can be seen as a defense against experiencing more stress. These conclusions are discussed in the context of learned helplessness and reactive depression.

Rorschach Responses in Borderline Personality Disorder with Alcohol Dependence

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Helene Skinstad ◽  
Kari Troland ◽  
Jenny K. Mortensen
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Group 1 ◽  
Alcohol Dependent

Summary: The purpose of this exploratory study was to analyze differences in Rorschach responses between two groups of alcoholics, one of which was diagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the other Mixed Personality Disorder (MXPD). Forty-three male alcohol dependent inpatients participated in the study. The subjects were diagnosed by two independent clinical psychologists and divided into three groups. Group 1 consisted of 19 alcoholic patients also diagnosed BPD(BPD19); Group 2 consisted of 14 alcoholic patients also diagnosed MXPD; Group 3 comprised 10 alcoholic patients also diagnosed BPD as well as a secondary personality disorder diagnosis in addition (BPD10). The Rorschach was administered once 14 to 20 days after admission and scored according to Exner's Comprehensive System. BPD patients produced more responses than the MXPD group and revealed more interest in other people than MXPD. However, their interest in other people was marked by ambivalence, feelings of aggression, and withdrawal or isolation from social interaction. Both BPD groups revealed a significantly greater tendency to distorted perception of reality than the MXPD group and a greater tendency to pathological thinking and confusion.

An Investigation of the Color-Affect Hypothesis in Exner's Comprehensive System

1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1347-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Stevens ◽  
Keith J. Edwards ◽  
William F. Hunter ◽  
Laird Bridgman
Keyword(s):  
Dyadic Interaction ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Discrepancy Score ◽  
Affective Modulation ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Emotionally Disordered ◽  
Interpretive Theory

The color-affect hypothesis states that color responses on the Rorschach provide information regarding an individual's emotional life. The present study explored the several color-affect interpretive hypotheses in Exner's popular Comprehensive System by using a theory-relevant measure of affective modulation inferred from 32 undergraduates' behavior in an emotionally salient dyadic interaction. Subjects designated as high affective modulators ( n = 6) and low affective modulators ( n = 10) according to Exner's theory were not significantly different on a discrepancy score measure of affective modulation. It is suggested that Rorschach color scores may be insensitive to the more subtle forms of affective modulation present in less emotionally disordered individuals. Further research is suggested and caution is advised for clinicians assessing affective modulation styles in less severely disturbed patients based on traditional color-affect interpretive theory.

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