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| - | The '''Rorschach test''' (also known as the '''Rorschach inkblot test''', '''the Rorschach technique''', or simply the '''inkblot test''') is a [[psychological test]] in which subjects' perceptions of [[ink]]blots are recorded and then analyzed using [[psychology|psychological]] interpretation, complex [[algorithm]]s, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect underlying [[psychosis|thought disorder]], especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly. The test is named after its creator, Swiss psychologist [[Hermann Rorschach]]. | + | A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. |
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| - | In the 1960s, the Rorschach was the most widely used [[projective test]]. In a national survey in the U.S., the Rorschach was ranked eighth among psychological tests used in outpatient mental health facilities. It is the second most widely used test by members of the Society for Personality Assessment, and it is requested by psychiatrists in 25% of [[forensic psychology|forensic assessment]] cases, usually in a battery of tests that often include the [[Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory|MMPI-2]] and the [[Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory|MCMI-III]]. In surveys, the use of Rorschach ranges from a low of 20% by [[correctional psychology|correctional psychologists]] to a high of 80% by clinical psychologists engaged in assessment services, and 80% of [[psychology]] graduate programs surveyed teach it. | + | <div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> |
| - | + | * [[Abstract machine]] | |
| - | Although the Exner Scoring System (developed since the 1960s) claims to have addressed and often refuted many criticisms of the original testing system with an extensive body of research, some researchers continue to raise questions. The areas of dispute include the objectivity of testers, [[inter-rater reliability]], the verifiability and general [[validity]] of the test, [[bias]] of the test's [[pathology]] scales towards greater numbers of responses, the limited number of psychological conditions which it accurately diagnoses, the inability to replicate the test's norms, its use in court-ordered evaluations, and the [[#Protection of test items and ethics|proliferation of the ten inkblot images]], potentially invalidating the test for those who have been exposed to them. | + | * [[Algorithm characterizations]] |
| - | + | * [[Algorithm design]] | |
| - | The Rorschach images are in the [[public domain]] may be used by anyone for any purpose. [[William Poundstone]] was, perhaps, first to make them public in his 1983 book ''[[Big Secrets]]'', where he also described the method of administering the test. | + | * [[Algorithmic efficiency]] |
| - | + | * [[Algorithm engineering]] | |
| + | * [[Algorithm examples]] | ||
| + | * [[Algorithmic music]] | ||
| + | * [[High-level synthesis|Algorithmic synthesis]] | ||
| + | * [[Algorithmic trading]] | ||
| + | * [[Data structure]] | ||
| + | * [[Garbage In, Garbage Out]] | ||
| + | * [[Heuristics]] | ||
| + | * [[List of important publications in theoretical computer science#Algorithms|Important algorithm-related publications]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Introduction to Algorithms]]'' | ||
| + | * [[List of algorithm general topics]] | ||
| + | * [[List of algorithms]] | ||
| + | * [[Numerical Mathematics Consortium]] | ||
| + | * [[Partial function]] | ||
| + | * [[Profiling (computer programming)]] | ||
| + | * [[Program optimization]] | ||
| + | * [[Randomized algorithm]] and [[quantum algorithm]] | ||
| + | * [[Running Pearl]] | ||
| + | * [[Theory of computation]] | ||
| + | ** [[Computability]] (part of [[computability theory]]) | ||
| + | ** [[Computational complexity theory]] | ||
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A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
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See also
- Abstract machine
- Algorithm characterizations
- Algorithm design
- Algorithmic efficiency
- Algorithm engineering
- Algorithm examples
- Algorithmic music
- Algorithmic synthesis
- Algorithmic trading
- Data structure
- Garbage In, Garbage Out
- Heuristics
- Important algorithm-related publications
- Introduction to Algorithms
- List of algorithm general topics
- List of algorithms
- Numerical Mathematics Consortium
- Partial function
- Profiling (computer programming)
- Program optimization
- Randomized algorithm and quantum algorithm
- Running Pearl
- Theory of computation
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