Developments in the Rorschach Technique

The second volume of this book, edited by Klopfer, contains contributions by many well known (with one exception) American Rorschach workers. In its first three sections it refers to the fields of : 1. Genetic Psychology, chiefly emphasising applications of the test to Child Guidance. 2. Medical Psychology, with two long chapters of the five in this section usefully devoted to the diagnosis of organic brain damage. 3. Social, Anthropological, and Industrial Psychology. In the final section theoretical issues are discussed together with the interrelationship of the Rorschach and other psychological tests. A valuable bibliography and cumulative index to both volumes is included. The area of application is wide, consideration being given to the intention expressed in the introduction to Volume I, that the books taken together should "attempt to combine the best features of a technical monograph, a manual and a handbook." The Editor rightly points out that the texts of Volumes I and II reveal an increase of sophistication in the use of the Rorschach technique over the past decade. This is particularly apparent in the comprehensive discussion and analysis of the many sample Rorschach protocols included in Volume II. Thus the level of analysis of 115