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Test rochard1/1/2024 ![]() She systematically assigned Norris’s responses the various codes of the standard method and categorized his answers as typical or unusual using the long lists in the manual. Hill politely sent him on his way-he left her office with a firm handshake and a smile, looking her straight in the eye-then she turned to the legal pad facedown on her desk, with the record of his responses. ![]() Norris’s answers were shocking: elaborate, violent sexual scenes with children parts of the inkblots seen as female being punished or destroyed. Different people see different things.Īfter he had responded to all ten cards, Hill went back for a second pass: “Now I’m going to read back what you said, and I want you to show me where you saw it.” He was free to pick up each card, turn it around, hold it at arm’s length or up close. Hill stayed out of the picture as much as possible, letting Norris reveal not just what he saw in the inkblots but how he approached the task. No time limit, no instructions about how many responses he should give. For this test, Norris was asked not to tell a story, not to describe what he felt, but simply to say what he saw. ![]() As she handed him each card, she said: “What might this be?” or “What do you see?”įive of the cards were in black and white, two had red shapes as well, and three were multicolored. She pulled her chair in front of his, took out a yellow legal pad and a thick folder, and handed him, one by one, a series of ten cardboard cards from the folder, each with a symmetrical blot on it. The stories were pleasant, with no inappropriate ideas, and he had no anxiety or other signs of discomfort in the telling.Īs early Chicago darkness set in at the end of the second afternoon, Hill asked Norris to move from the desk to a low chair near the couch in her office. When Hill showed him a series of pictures with no captions and asked him to tell her a story about what was happening in each one-another standard assessment called the Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT-Norris gave answers that were a bit obvious, but harmless enough. On the most common personality test in America, a series of 567 yes-or-no questions called the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI, he was cooperative and in good spirits. His scores were normal to high on the cognitive tests she gave him, including an IQ well above average. Norris had seemed an ideal candidate in interviews, charming and friendly with a suitable résumé and unimpeachable references. Over two long November afternoons, he spent eight hours at the office of Caroline Hill, an assessment psychologist working in Chicago. Victor Norris had reached the final round of applying for a job working with young children, but, this being America at the turn of the 21st century, he still had to undergo a psychological evaluation.
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