Why Did Projective Tests Using Ambiguous Sounds Eventually Become Unpopular

question 180

Multiple Choice

Why did projective tests using ambiguous sounds eventually become unpopular with clinicians?

• A) Advocates for the disabled argued convincingly that these tests were biased against people with disabilities.
• B) The sounds were considered offensive by some cultural groups.
• C) Insurance companies refused to reimburse clinicians for administering them.
• D) The tests did not distinguish between clinical and nonclinical groups.

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Definitions:

Foot-In-The-Door Technique

A compliance strategy that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up to agree to a modest request.

Shaping

A method of positive reinforcement in operant conditioning that rewards closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Small Request

A technique in persuasion and compliance that involves asking for a minor initial request in hopes of influencing agreement to a larger request.

Stroop Effect

A phenomenon demonstrating the delay in the reaction time of a task when the color of the word does not match the name of the word.