Klecksography is the art of making images from inkblots.[1] The work was pioneered by Justinus Kerner, who included klecksographs in his books of poetry.[2]
Hermann Rorschach created the inkblot test in 1921
Using interpretation of “ambiguous designs” to assess an individual’s personalityInterpretation of inkblots was central to a game, Gobolinks,[12] from the late 19th century.
It has been suggested that Rorschach’s use of inkblots may have been inspired by German doctor Justinus Kerner who, in 1857, had published a popular book of poems, each of wh
ich was inspired by an accidental inkblot.[14] French psychologist Alfred Binet had also experimented with inkblots as a creativity test,[15] and, after the turn of the century, psychological experiments where inkblots were utilized multiplied, with aims such as studying imagination and consciousness.[16]
Samuel Beck, Bruno Klopfer , Evald Bohm, which is closer to the original Rorschach system and rooted more deeply in the original psychoanalysis principles.
Rorschach never intended the inkblots to be used as a general personality test, but developed them as a tool for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. It was not until 1939 that the test was used as a projective test of personality, a use of which Rorschach had always been skeptical.
Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI)
A short game sheds light on why no one likes to be wrong.
