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The inkblots are proprietary information and are used by psychologists to assess personality disorders. These cards should not be readily available online. Please remove them.

More information regarding the problem with having testing materials available to the public can be found here: https://www.apa.org/science/programs/testing/data-disclosure-faqs Semert (talk) 18:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. And I did in 2009. But you may wish to read through this RfC and all the other substantial discussions in the archives about this issue. One would need to raise a new RfC, I think. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of R-PAS?

Seems like a glaring hole in this article. I think this should be updated Time2track (talk) 03:48, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you suggest some reliable sources that explain what R-PAS is? MartinPoulter (talk) 09:10, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://r-pas.org/Home/About

I can think of no better source than the official website, although there are official textbooks on it Time2track (talk) 18:29, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this test considered scientific?

I don't think it is, and the article doesn't explain why it's scientific either. 57.135.233.22 (talk) 23:55, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usage in "Crazy"

The music video to "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N4jf6rtyuw&pp=ygUMY3JhenkgZ25hcmxz) prominently features imagery that strongly resembles a Rohrschach Test. It might be worth adding it to the "In art and media"-section, since the song is well known and might therefore be of interest to some people. Jaywdee (talk) 10:46, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the imagery is mentioned at Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)#Music videos together with this image (although the connection of that image to the video is not entirely clear). While the Rorschach test images are significant for the video (even though no source is given to support he description), I'm not sure the reverse is necessarily true. We'd probably need more that the primary source of the video itself? But that video seems to be copyright compliant and the reference to the test inkblots is very clear. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]