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What's behind the Rorschach inkblot test?

Psychologist conducting Rorschach test

Few devices from the world of psychology have entered popular culture quite so much as Hermann Rorschach's famous inkblot test. But the test still divides psychologists, writes Dr Mike Drayton.

I first came across the Rorschach inkblot test when I was training to be a clinical psychologist. I was shown a series of cards containing inkblots and asked to say what they looked like to me (Tester: "What does this look like"The Secret Genius of Modern Life " loading="lazy" src="https://image.staticox.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Face%2Fstandard%2F480%2Fsprodpb%2Fa446%2Flive%2Ff4722020-138a-11f0-b234-07dc7691c360.jpg" width="385" height="216" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/>

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