projective technique
- noun
- /prəˈdʒɛktɪv tɪˈkiːk/
- Specialized
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técnica proyectiva
- One common projective technique involves showing a person an ambiguous image and asking them what they see.
Examples
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Hence, the bewildering array of ways of measuring it ranges from projective techniques to cognitive and pen-and-paper questionnaires.
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As an outsider who is not an advocate of projective technique tests, I would have thought they might be able to fudge and explain away their failure to do so by claiming that Hooker did not use a representative sample or skewed its selection.
Academic text (2003) -
Barona, A., & Hernandez, A. (1990). Use of Projective Techniques in the Assessment of Hispanic School Children.
Academic text (1991) -
In therapy, the psychologist used a projective technique to help the patient explore their hidden emotions.
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The researcher found that using a projective technique allowed participants to reveal deeply personal insights.
Synonyms
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A way to find a person's personality by asking them about unclear pictures to show hidden feelings
A test that asks people to say what unclear pictures or situations show to reveal hidden feelings
How Revealing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is partially compositional: 'technique' clearly indicates a method, and 'projective' signals involvement of 'projection' so a learner might infer it is a method that elicits or projects something from a person. However, the specific psychological sense—using ambiguous stimuli to reveal unconscious aspects—is technical and metaphorical and not fully predictable from the constituents for an average B1 learner without domain knowledge.
Etymology
The method projective technique gets its name from project, which means to put or 'throw' your own feelings onto something, and technique, meaning a way of testing. Imagine showing someone a strange picture and asking what they see; because people 'project' their feelings onto the picture, the test can show hidden parts of their personality.