The Rorschach, Basic Foundations and Principles of Interpretation

JOHN E. EXNER Jr., PHD, is Professor Emeritus in Psychology at Long Island University in New York; Executive Director of the Rorschach Workshops, which he founded in 1968; and Curator of the Rorschach Archives and Museum in Bern, Switzerland. He is past president of the International Rorschach Society and has received numerous awards including the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Contributions to Knowledge Award in 1997. Dr. Exner is the author of many scholarly works, including eight books on the Rorschach test.

Part One: History and Development of the Rorschach
* Introduction
* Development of the Test: The Rorschach Systems
* Controversy, Criticism, and Decisions

Part Two: Administration and Scoring the Rorschach

* Rorschach Administration: Decisions and Procedures
* Scoring: The Rorschach Language
* Location and Developmental Quality: Coding and Criteria
* Determinants: Coding and Criteria
* Form Quality, Content, Populars, and Organizational Activity
* Special Scores
* The Structural Summary

Part Three: The Nature of the Test

* The Response Process
* Normative Data

Part Four: Interpretation

* General Guidelines Regarding Interpretation
* Controls and Stress Tolerance
* Situationally Related Stress
* Affect
* Information Processing
* Cognitive Mediation
* Ideation
* Self Perception
* Interpersonal Perception and Behavior
* The Complete Description