PROJECTIVE DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does projective device mean? 

• PROJECTIVE DEVICE (noun)
  The noun PROJECTIVE DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations

  Familiarity information: PROJECTIVE DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROJECTIVE DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

projective device; projective technique; projective test

Hypernyms ("projective device" is a kind of...):

personality test (any test that is intended to assess personality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projective device"):

inkblot test; Rorschach; Rorschach test (a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot)

TAT; Thematic Apperception Test (a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture)