ABSTRACT
The experiential range of the testee’s responses depends, as we have seen, on how fully or superficially he gets in touch with the inkblot; this, in turn, depends both on his openness toward the inkblot and—in the freedom or constriction of associations—on his openness toward himself: on the quality of his being in touch, perceptually, with the inkblot and, in his access or lack of access to a wide range of responsiveness and associations, with himself. To gain a fuller understanding of the meaning and the implications of this statement, its relations to some general psychological problems and their bearing on Rorschach’s test have to be considered, namely, the problems of repression, play, activity and passivity, normalcy, reality-testing and adaptation, phantasy, physiognomic perception, and creativity.
