Plague Doctor

The Rorschach inkblot test is a well-known personality test method and a rare projective personality test.

By accepting certain media, such as irregular lines, blurred pictures, incomplete sentences or stories, the subjects either have to speak out their imaginations or complete sentences and stories, releasing their own emotions without restraint. Inside, personality traits are revealed, which is projection.

The Rorschach Inkblot Test consists of 10 carefully designed inkblot pictures, and the test pictures appear in front of the subject in a prescribed order.

The five pictures 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are black and white pictures with different shades of ink; the main bodies of the two pictures 2 and 3 are black and white, with some red details added; the last three pictures 8, 9, and 10 are color pictures. . All ten pictures are symmetrical and meaningless, but have many evocative features.

The reliability and validity of the Rorschach inkblot test are controversial, but almost all psychological tests are controversial.

At this time, Gu Jun was sitting on the subject's chair in the middle of the empty review room, watching the first inkblot picture appear on the projection screen not far away.

"Captain Gu, what does this picture look like to you?" Zhai Minghui, a judge behind the judging table, asked, while the other four judges next to him were taking notes.

When Gu Jun first arrived here, they briefly introduced themselves, and their attitudes were very calm, as if they didn't have any stance.

This Rorschach inkblot test is not the first test Gu Jun has taken today. Regarding his personality, some questionnaire-based tests have been done before. Gu Jun answered whatever they asked. He did not cover up or hide anything, because he also wanted to know the answer.

In fact, this whole process is also a psychological evaluation at the same time. Whether it is observation method or consultation method, these evaluators are observing his mental state.

If you are not crazy, don't pretend to be crazy. If you are crazy, get treatment as soon as possible.

Gu Jun had this kind of mentality. Although he was turbulent in his heart, he has been cooperating well from the beginning to now.

The black and white inkblot picture in front of him surprised him a little, but he soon understood that this inkblot picture was the first picture of the Rorschach inkblot test that he was familiar with, and it was not a set of pictures redesigned for him. It is not even used routinely during internal reviews of the Tianji Bureau.

This does not mean that they do not pay attention to this test. On the contrary, they want to start the test from the most basic, do not miss anything, and test more if they can.

"Bat." Gu Jun said, this ink drawing really reminded him of a bat at first sight.

Bats, butterflies, and moths were the top three popular responses to this picture among Rorschach subjects.

This was not the first time for Gu Jun to take the Rorschach test. He had studied it in depth a long time ago and was very familiar with the test mechanism. He even knew what kind of score he would get by answering this way, and how to answer it so that he could see it. He appears to be a normal person with a healthy mentality.

The speed of the subject's response can reveal a lot. If the subject responds too quickly, he may suffer from anxiety, mania and other problems, while if he responds too slowly, he may suffer from depression and depression.

Generally, normal people will give 17-27 answers to all 10 pictures. A large number of answers but poor quality indicates mania. A small number of answers but high quality indicates depression. A large number of answers but high quality indicates introverts. Few animals with poor quality may have brain problems or low intelligence... Few animals are sensitive, too many animals are rigid. Animals with 20-35% are cheerful, and animals with 50-75% are depressed...

Although there are many controversies, the Rorschach inkblot test has its own scientific logic and rigorous and complex calculation methods.

Typically, when a subject looks at almost all corpses, maps of anatomical parts, and death, the person's mood will not be high.

"Is there anything else?" Zhai Minghui asked, "Did you think of anything else?"

The judges were looking at Gu Jun carefully. The test was not just about what he answered, but also how he answered, including the time - the time it took for each picture to appear to the first reaction, the time between each reaction The longer pause time between images, the total time required to respond to each picture; as well as his expressions, incidental actions and other important behaviors are all his manifestations.

So even if Gu Jun is very familiar with this routine, his subtle behaviors are still worth grasping by the judges.

In addition, although more than 50 subjects answered the first inkblot picture as a bat, some people would say it was a "flying bat" while others would say "a dead bat corpse". It will reflect different moods.

Gu Jun looked at the picture and suddenly thought, if Wu Shiyu were to take this kind of test, she would be able to synaesthetically produce a million reactions from one picture.

And now he is watching so intently, feeling the details, as if something is floating and looming in front of his eyes...

"Anubis," he said matter-of-factly, "One on each side."

Anubis, ?νouβi?, the god of death in ancient Egyptian mythology, appears in the Pharaoh's murals as a jackal head and human body. They are also the so-called "kobolds" that are very common in popular culture. People pray to it, asking it to protect tombs, mummies, and the dead.

Human body, animals - including mythical, virtual, real concepts or body parts, symbols, words, numbers, plants, etc. are all the answers that the subjects will have. But myths are few and far between, and it's Anubis.

Ancient Egypt, God of Death.

Nyarlathotep, Apep, chaos, darkness, destruction...

Even Gu Jun himself is aware of his current mental state and personality traits.

Which side does the sign lean towards?

The five judges were still recording calmly, and Gu Jun was still watching. The scene in front of him seemed to have changed, and he said again: "Mask."

When he said the word mask, the turmoil in his heart became even more intense. There were a thousand faces, a thousand masks...

Wearing a mask is not bad, wearing a mask is not bad... Are you wearing a mask now...

Bats, Anubis, and masks kept tumbling and alternating in front of his eyes. Gu Jun could no longer see anything else, so he shook his head: "No more."

"Captain Gu, please tell us which parts of this picture remind you of these three things." Zhai Minghui added.

Parts of the ink drawing have different shapes, shades, colors, etc. What is the association? This is called the determinant.

"They are all...whole." Gu Jun muttered, "There is no division. The three things are all seen from the picture as a whole. It should be that Anubis...is the first association caused by the top two sides of the picture, like The side of Anubis’ mouth.”

The judges took notes again, and Zhai Minghui asked again: "You see an Anubis on the left and right. The local details of the left and right halves of this picture are different. Do you think those two Anubis are different?" What's the difference?"

In the free response phase of the Rorschach inkblot test, all inducing questions should be avoided, but in the questioning phase, the reviewer can use some questions to explore the hidden thoughts of the subject. And as far as this issue is concerned, the difference between the two sides of the picture is an objective fact, and it is also an objective fact that the two Anubis in the picture are somewhat different.

Gu Jun continued to look at the projection screen. The picture was symmetrical, but the mottled ink on the right half was darker, and there were a few more conspicuous black spots...

The more he looked, the more turmoil in his heart was about to well up.

Those black and white ink stains seem to be melting away, stirring, and turning into chaos...

"One is true, the other is false, and the other is...Nyarlathotep."

Gu Jun said, looking at the reviewers in front, everyone became confused, including himself, "But, I'm not sure which one is true and which one is false."

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