tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post1174115944801613758..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Old argument in new clothesRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-26032826172067969022022-01-18T23:02:15.310+00:002022-01-18T23:02:15.310+00:00Oh your are picky. I called it a game in a jocular...Oh your are picky. I called it a game in a jocular fashion hinting that I didn't have much respect for it myself which you allude to as now being an accepted stance in more modern times. The point of my comment was to inform you of my immediate reaction, whether logical or otherwise and arose from an overall impression rather than any particular word. You would then have to take the part of the psychiatrist and make out of it what you will. All good fun eh?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-36776938594041839612022-01-18T17:28:33.856+00:002022-01-18T17:28:33.856+00:00Sir Hugh: It's not a game. In fact the psychia...Sir Hugh: It's not a game. In fact the psychiatrist reels off a number of words and looks for correlations in the patient's responses. The other procedure is called The Rorschach Test. I have a feeling that that both procedures are considered outmoded these days. What puzzled me in your initial comment was which word (of mine) you were responding to. I'd provided a number.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979689198464086664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-73440699033521480182022-01-18T09:24:15.712+00:002022-01-18T09:24:15.712+00:00Psychologists aim to define their patients by givi...Psychologists aim to define their patients by giving them a word which the patient has to reply to with a single word IMMEDIATELY. I'm not sure how the analysis is done but presumably if he says "cabbage" and you reply "cauliflower" you may be rated as normal, but if you replied "breast" he may come to a different conclusion. The same idea is employed by putting an ink blot on paper, folding the paper in half then opening it and asking the patient to say what the resulting image looks like.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-58643232405115893082022-01-18T08:04:04.843+00:002022-01-18T08:04:04.843+00:00Colette: Yes I was but I think it was at the expen...Colette: Yes I was but I think it was at the expense of my readers. Send me a stamped addressed envelop and I'll mail you an expanded version of the post which should be tickety-boo.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-80484619880502250352022-01-18T08:02:03.941+00:002022-01-18T08:02:03.941+00:00Sir Hugh: I'm unfamiliar with that game. The a...Sir Hugh: I'm unfamiliar with that game. The above is a form of dialogue pared down to essentials but with a few (pared down) passing thoughts thrown in. Re-reading it several days after I wrote it, I suspect I have overdone the paring down. The message is one for our times yet I fear it may require inordinate effort to uncover. Nevertheless, the post is original and that was what I was striving for.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-55604754319081035962022-01-16T12:06:20.887+00:002022-01-16T12:06:20.887+00:00It's nice to see you enjoying yourself.It's nice to see you enjoying yourself. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-67825857828787332702022-01-16T07:01:44.512+00:002022-01-16T07:01:44.512+00:00Immediate word association psychology game produce...Immediate word association psychology game produced "resurrected."Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com