Among Projective Tests That Overinterpret Data Without Sufficient Empirical Foundation

question 58

Multiple Choice

Among projective tests that overinterpret data without sufficient empirical foundation, the worst offenders are

• A)thematic apperception tests.
• B)inkblots.
• C)projective drawing tests.
• D)word completion tasks.

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Definitions:

Existential Instantiation

A logical principle stating that if something is said to exist, then a specific instance of that thing must also exist.

Universal Generalization

A logical operation that infers a general statement from specific cases, asserting that a property or relation holds for all members of a certain category.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule that infers from the truth of a universally quantified statement about all members of a domain, the truth of that statement about any specific member.

Quantifier Negation

The process of applying negation to a statement that contains a quantifier, altering its scope and possibly changing the quantifier type (for example, from universal to existential).