ABSTRACT
For several years, standardized psychological assessment techniques have been criticized by some researchers as culturally biased toward ethnic minority children and adolescents. The “Tell-Me-A-Story” (TEMAS) test was developed as a storytelling technique, pictorially representing multiracial and multiethnic characters interacting in familiar family and urban settings, and also in fantasy situations. The test has been standardized on four major groups of children and adolescents, ranging from 5 to 18 years old: Puerto Ricans; Other Hispanics, including Dominicans, Central/South Americans, and Mexican Americans; Blacks; and non-Hispanic Whites. Cardalda’s work represents perhaps the most comprehensive body of psychometric research conducted on the TEMAS test, independent of the TEMAS authors. Based on her findings, Cardalda offered some insightful directions for further research on the TEMAS test. Rorschach Comprehensive System was developed by Exner (1993) in an effort to produce a psychometrically sound basis for scoring the Rorschach, along with standardized administration, scoring, and interpretation procedures.
