Rorschach tests (ink-blot tests) were popular in the early 20th Century as a tool for diagnosing mental disorders.
Here is an online version for those of you who are interested. This is totally optional, but I thought it was interesting.
Take results with a grain of salt!
As the site notes, "[research] indicates that scores from the MCR have little value." These sorts of tests are no longer used to determine mental status or illness. That's a big relief to me as my results are consistent with psychological disturbance. Yikes! If anyone scores "normal," I want to know!!
I think it is interesting to think about the many bogus ways researchers in the past attempted to categorize and ostracize people based on perceived mental differences. Remember our chorus, "Conform or be cast out."
How many of our characters from Cuckoo's Nest might have been subjected to similar tests?!?
