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The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test

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The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 23 Jun 2016, 11:45
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The Rorschach test —also known as the inkblot test—is a poor way to predict personality types, even though it is used by many leading United States firms and by a majority of European companies. In a recent experiment five psychiatrists administered the Rorschach test to forty professionals. Interestingly, these psychiatrists scored no better than chance in predicting the occupations of the professionals.

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary to the argument?
(A) People in the same occupation usually do not have the same personality type.
(B) The Rorschach test is an effective means of predicting personality types in non-business contexts.
(C) There are more United States firms that do not use the inkblot test than all the United States and European firms that do use it.
(D) There are several other techniques for predicting personality types that are more accurate than the Rorschach test.
(E) There is a correspondence between type of personality and choice of occupation.


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Originally posted by DaenerysStormborn on 23 Jun 2016, 11:17.
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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   23 Jun 2016, 11:54
(A) People in the same occupation usually do not have the same personality type. - Incorrect - Out of context
(B) The Rorschach test is an effective means of predicting personality types in non-business contexts. - Incorrect - Argues against the fact
(C) There are more United States firms that do not use the inkblot test than all the United States and European firms that do use it. - Incorrect - Irrelevant
(D) There are several other techniques for predicting personality types that are more accurate than the Rorschach test. - Incorrect - Out of context
(E) There is a correspondence between type of personality and choice of occupation. - Correct - This option bridges the gap between the premise and conclusion.

Answer: E
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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   06 Sep 2016, 05:41
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Conclusion : The Rorschach test —also known as the inkblot test—is a poor way to predict personality types

Premise says psychiatrists scored no better than chance in predicting the occupations of the professionals

So premise had occupation but conclusion is drawn on personality types. That means argument is assuming a correspondence between occupation and personality of professionals.

E says exactly this.

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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   06 Sep 2016, 07:04
R T - poor way to determine personality

5 on 40

no better chance in predicting the occupation


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determine the personlity = predicting the occupation

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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   17 Oct 2016, 05:30
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how can A be irrelevant?
any one ? why A cannot be the answer
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The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   17 Oct 2016, 09:34
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deepak268 wrote:
how can A be irrelevant?
any one ? why A cannot be the answer


A is a negation trap, that you fell into. The assumption is:
People in the same occupation usually have the same personality type (this is also in line with option E). But option A states just the opposite - it is a weakening statement.
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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2020, 13:10
Argument refutes that there is correlation between occupation and type of personality. Then how is E a valid assumption?

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Re: The Rorschach test — also known as the inkblot test [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2020, 13:15
The test tells personality types. And the psychiatrist using the test guessed occupation. So there just a correlation.hence E.

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