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On an approach to the automatic evaluation of the subjects' verbal behavior in Roemer's inkblot tests

Über eine Annäherung zur automatischen Auswertung des wörtlichen Verhaltens von Versuchspersonen in Roemers Tintenkleckstesten

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Roemer, a collaborator of Rorschach's, devised a “symbol test series” that is used as one of the projective methods of psychodiagnostic testing. We refrain from getting involved in the controversy related to the reliability of such technique. A learning program under development is described that would be able to classify the subjects on the basis of their verbal behavior. By comparing the diagnosis of the psychologist, accepted as “objective truth”, with the profile provided by the computer, the quality of the latter can be made to improve continuously.

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Roemer, ein Mitarbeiter von Roschach, entwickelte eine „Symboltestserie”, die als eine der projektiven Methoden bei psycho-diagnostischen Tests verwendet wird. (Fragen nach der Verläßlichkeit solcher Methoden stehen hier nicht zur Debatte.) Ein in der Entwicklung stehendes, lernendes Programm wird beschrieben, das Versuchspersonen auf Grund ihres verbalen Verhaltens klassifizieren könnte. Wird das vom Computer gelieferte Persönlichkeitsprofil mit der Diagnose des Psychologen, die als „objektive Wahrheit” angenommen wird, verglichen, so läßt sich seine Qualität laufend verbessern.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, 4226 Ridge Lea Road, 14226, Amherst, NY, USA

    N. V. Findler

  2. Siebenbrunnenplatz 6/9, A-1050, Wien, Austria

    W. Rhomberg

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Wolfgang Rhomberg was a student at the Technical University of Vienna at which place Nicholas V. Findler was Visiting Professor during the academic year 1972–73.

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Findler, N.V., Rhomberg, W. On an approach to the automatic evaluation of the subjects' verbal behavior in Roemer's inkblot tests. Computing 16, 373–378 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02252085

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