Holtzman Inkblot Test

The Holtzman Inkblot Test, conceived by Wayne Holtzman, is a personality test similar to the Rorschach Inkblot Test. The Holtzman Inkblot Test was invented to correct many &mdash; if not all &mdash; of the controversial issues aroused by the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

The test consists of two alternate forms of forty-five inkblots. Scoring is based on twenty-two items: reaction time, rejection, location, space, form definiteness, form appropriateness, color, shading, movement, pathognomic verbalization, integration, content (human, animal, anatomy, sexual, or abstract), anxiety, hostility, barrier, penetration, balance, and popularity.

Scoring takes a very long time if the test is not done on a computer. The Holtzman Inkblot Test is used primarily on students, children, people with schizophrenia or head injuries and depressed patients. Professionals are necessary in order to obtain accurate results in such a test. Recommended uses of the Holtzman Inkblot Test are experimental and clinical applications.