ABSTRACT
Historically, psychologists and psychometricians in the United States first gained prominence during World War II when psychometric testing proved itself as a quick, cost-effective method of assessing individuals, alone or in groups, for the various branches of the Armed Forces. Projective drawing tests have had a prominent place in psychological assessment for almost 100 years. Intra-individual variables must be considered in the scoring and interpretation of any projective or objective measure. Process factors like tempo, erasures, and resistance are important in the overall analysis of paper and pencil drawing tests. Tempo and sequence of test performance provide often under-recognized but potentially important information for final interpretation of any of the psychological measures. Additionally, if a projective measure involves a paper and a pencil, erasures are of extreme interpretive importance. Symbolic representations should be used only to guide the process of interpretation and not to portray the final analysis.
