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Rorschach, Hermann
1884 - Born on the 8th of November in Zurich.
- Best known for developing a projective test known, from his name, as the Rorschach inkblot test.
- His native Switzerland, he enjoyed Klecksography, the making of fanciful inkblot "pictures."
- He wrote a letter to the famous German biologist Ernst Haeckel to ask his advice.
- The scientist suggested science, and Rorschach enrolled in medical school at the University of Zurich.
- Rorschach studied under eminent psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, who had taught Carl Jung.
- He wondered why different people often see entirely different things in the same inkblots. While still a medical student, he began showing inkblots to schoolchildren and analyzing their results.
1921 - Wrote "Psychodiagnostics.
1922 - Died on the 2nd of April in Herisau.
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Psychodiagnostics - A Diagnostic Test Based On Perception by Hermann Rorschach (Paperback - Mar 15, 2007) HERMANN RORSCHACH PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BASED ON PERCEPTION INCLUDING RORSCHACITS PAPER THE APPLICATION OF THE FORM INTERPRETATION TEST PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY BY DR. EMIL OBERHOLZER... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Psychodiagnostik: Psychodiagnostics. Tafeln. Plates by Hermann Rorschach (Unknown Binding - May 18, 2008) |
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Psychodiagnostics by Hermann Rorschach (Unknown Binding - May 18, 2008) |
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Psychodiagnostics Plates by Hermann Rorschach (Paperback - May 18, 2008) |
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Lieber Herr Kollege! Correspondence Between Hermann Rorschach&Walter Morganthaler. by Hermann&Morganthaler, Walter Rorschach (Paperback - May 18, 1999) |
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Psychodiagnostics;: A diagnostic test based on perception, including Rorschach's paper the application of the form interpretation test (pub. posthumously ... Bernard Kronenberg. editor, W. Morgenthaler by Hermann Rorschach (Unknown Binding - May 18, 2008) |
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