What's Wrong With The Rorschach? Science Confronts The Controversial Inkblot Test by James Wood

Science Confronts The Controversial Inkblot Test

An investigative account that traces the history, scientific evaluations, and controversies around the Rorschach inkblot test, arguing that despite its cultural prominence and clinical appeal the method suffers from serious problems of reliability, validity, and standardization; empirical studies and legal controversies reveal inconsistent scoring, weak predictive power, and susceptibility to examiner bias, leading the author to urge caution, reform, or replacement with better-validated assessment tools.