ABSTRACT
The area components are those which refer to the location of the percepts. They indicate the blot areas covered by the percepts. The subject has four alternatives. He may respond to the whole blot, to blot details frequently selected by healthy subjects, to rare details (usually small surfaces which healthy subjects select seldom), or the subject may disregard the blot and respond to the white background on which the blots are reproduced. The latter type of response is called the white-space response and readily can be combined with wholes or details into one response. These area components are differentiated not only for easy identification but also because of their different psychological implications.
