Rorschach revisited.IF YOU'RE EVER LOUNGING face-up on a sunny day (always better than face-down), check out the cloud situation. What do they look like? If you see a frontside invert in·vert v. 1. To turn inside out or upside down. 2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of. 3. To subject to inversion. n. Something inverted. , you're a skater. If you see a frolicking unicorn, you're suspect. And if you see a decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. dead dude, you're a psycho. It's not the most scientific way to determine friend from foe, but many brain-drainers say you can learn a lot about someone by the way they interpret random objects. The mind tries to find patterns and familiarity within chaos and that effort releases major subconscious seepage. This is the premise of the Rorschach inkblot test
Click [show] to view the first of the ten cards in the Rorschach inkblot test. Doing so may invalidate the test. . Swiss psychiatrist Herman Rorschach developed the inkblots in the 1920s for psychoanalysis, but the test was popularized by others years later. There are actually only 10 certified Rorschach inkblots. Anything else could just be a Gerwer puke Puke Slang for selling off a losing position even if the loss is substantial. Notes: The point at which an investor decides to sell regardless of price has been dubbed "the puke point. stain or the brown patch brown patch n. A disease of turf grasses caused by a fungus of the genus Rhizoctonia and resulting in circular patches of dead leaves. Boulala left on your couch, for all you know. Although the test had its credibility heyday it is now only periodically used. If you're ever faced with taking an inkblot test, your best bet is to decline it, especially if your life, liberty, or nuts are on the line in a court of law or shrink's office. It's a full-on sketch-zone. It's like interpreting dreams--pure guess-work gibber-gabber. Did you know that there actually are wrong answers to the Rorschach test Rorschach test: see personality; psychological tests. ? You don't get points for being creative on this one, kids. After examining a blot you may confidently say that you see a fully-padded Salba stretch or maybe a Muska vs. Satva DJ battle, and the next thing you know you're finger painting at the funny farm. A sweatpants-filled radical sabbatical. Anyway, always tread lightly whenever someone wants to pick your brain and keep your eye out for sick spots, not inkblots. |
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