Singer Multiple Choice Rorschach

The Singer Multiple Choice Rorschach (SMCR) was developed as a screening device for psychopathology. It was constructed based on a comprehensive review of previous research and expert recommendations in the field of projective testing. The Rorschach slides were projected onto a screen in a semi-darkened room, and the battery consisted of three distinct tests designed to elicit responses that could be indicative of psychopathology.

To evaluate the SMCR’s effectiveness, the test was administered to a large sample of 653 individuals, including a control group of 250 normals, a group of 203 individuals diagnosed with anxiety reactions, and a group of 200 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. The results were then analyzed to determine the test’s ability to differentiate between these groups.

Split-half reliability coefficients were calculated using the Spearman-Brown prophecy formula to assess the test’s internal consistency. These coefficients were found to be .77 in the comparison between normals and anxiety reactions, .87 in the comparison between normals and schizophrenics, and .72 in the comparison between anxiety reactions and schizophrenics. These results suggest that the SMCR is a relatively reliable instrument for measuring psychopathology.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Singer, Martin. (1950). The validity of a multiple-choice projective test in psychopathological screening. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, Vol 64(8), i-40. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0093626[/perfectpullquote]

			Table of Contents Test A
NAME			AGE                         GRADE                         DATE
—1—			—2—		—3—
A wolf’s head		Ruins of a castle			An animal split open
An emblem		A blot			Line down the center
A topographical map		A squashed bug			A butterfly
An octopus		An X-ray picture			Something else
—4—			—5—		—6—
A bomb bursting		Animal heads			Two equal sides
Lungs and blood		Torn up butterfly			Black and red paint
Two dogs		A map			Dark clouds
Something else		Bears’ heads			A large eye
—7—			—8—		—9—
Two red roosters		Vertebra			Smoke
Ribs		X-ray of the hips			A hair ribbon
A fish		Person tearing someone apart			Nothing at all
Lungs and chest		Blood and black			Something else
—10—			—11—		—12—
Flag of a country		A cow with fur			Necks of geese
Mountain range		Two feet			Two scottie dogs
A black waterhole		An X-ray			A spinal column
Spilled ink		Something else			Sex organs
—13—			—14—		—15—
A pair of antlers		Legs			A line down the center
A butterfly with torn		A horrible object			A bug
wings		A map			A black mess
Dried blood		A butterfly			Nothing at all
Something else
—16—			—17—		—18—
A spattered mess		An oil explosion			An insect
A totem pole		A bad design			Jack the Ripper
A backbone		A cut up male sex organ			A riverbed
A turtle		Black paint			Something else

 

—19—		—20—	—21—
Intestines	Two heads		A butterfly
Ice formation	A coastline		Grass
A squashed frog	Nothing at all		A clown’s face
A topographical map	Something else		People watching each other
—22—		—23—	—24—
Two bears climbing	Head of small dog		Colored butterflies
A biology slide	Two polar bears climbing		An X-ray picture
A sailboat	An Easter egg		An airplane
Something else	Modern art		A blotch of colors
—25—		—26—	—27—
Flowers	A dirty mess		A person cut up
Colored clouds	Smoke rising		A spinal column
Birth of a child	A bridge in the distance		A Halloween mask
Sea horses	Nothing at all		Something else
—28—		—29—	—30—
Male sex organs	Red and blue and yellow		A blue feathery flower
Leaves	Bones		A terrible germ
Bugs	Two spiders		Spiders attacking
People hanging in air	Something else		somebody
			A blotch of colors
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	Test B
NAME		AGE                         GRADE                         DATE
—1A—		—2A—	—3A—
A bat	Burnt piece of paper		A coastline
Female sex organs	A spine		A dark cloud
A staring mask	A cat’s face		A leaf
Something else	Two people		Death

 

—4A—		—5A—	—6A—
Fire		Human chest with a	Entrance to a tunnel
Two people		hole in it	Nothing at all
A pair of pliers		A squashed bug	A white lamp
Smoke		Blood	Something else
		A coastline
—7A—		—8A—	—9A—
Sex organs		Waiters bowing	Two devils
A skeleton effect		A symmetrical design	Two monkeys hanging
Two staring eyes		Animal cut open	down
Picture from a medical		Something else	A spinal cord
book			Birds’ heads
—10A—		—11A—	—12A—
A giant walking towards		A dragon skin	A relief map
you		A man sitting down	Clouds
Two snakes		A gorilla	A torn chest
A furry man		Snakes	Night
Something else
—13A—		—14A—	—15A—
Head of a mouse		Two buffaloes crushing	Dark smoke
Profile of a man		a rabbit	A bat
Antennae		Two equal sides	The nervous system
A dancer		Night	Something else
		Islands
—16A—		—17A—	—18A—
A cat		Nothing at all	Head of a dog
An X-ray		Picture from an airplane	A dragonfly
A squashed worm		Flying geese	A cloud
Water		Something else	A furry snake
—19A—		—20A—	—21A—
A Pacific island		A rabbit’s head	Smoke
Two women go siping		Clouds	Just an inkblot
Male sex organs		Scottie dogs	A large eye
Something else		Small dots on an island	Fog or mist

 

—22A—		—23A—		—24A—
A spinal column	Pink, blue, orange			Two fish
Decorated Christmas tree	Snow covered mountain			Illustration in a medical
Flowers	Male sex organs			book
Ribs	A mountain			A large eye
				Fog or mist
—25A—		—26A—		—27A—
A famous painting	The liver			Horns of a deer
Staring eyes	Blood			An explosion
Red, green, orange	Two women			Intestines
Drawing in a medical book	Something else			A man’s face
—28A—		—29A—		—30A—
Squashed insects	A tobacco pipe			A Christmas tree
A wishbone	Two spiders			Modern art
Snakes eating a rabbit’s	Deer running			Bloody insides
head	Mountain sides			Illustration of different
Drawing in a medical book				flowers
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		Test C
NAME			AGE                              DATE
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—I—
1. A pelvis ……………………………………
2. Two Santa Clauses …………………
3. Nothing at all …………………………
4. A bat ………………………………………
5. Female sex organs …………………
6. Woman with her arms raised
7. A staring mask …………………………
8. Small islands ……………………………
9. A squashed bug ………………………
10. Ruins of a castle ……………………

 

 

			EXACTLY		VERY MUCH		SOMEWHAT		ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
			LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—II—
11. A man with his head cracked open
12. A butterfly ……………………………
13. Two clowns playing pattycake
14. Nothing at all …………………………
15. Entrance to a tunnel ………………
16. Faces on the edges ………………
17. Two equal sides ……………………
18. An arrowhead ………………………
19. A large eye ……………………………
20. A white lamp in the center ……
			EXACTLY		VERY MUCH		SOMEWHAT		ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
			LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—III—
21. A person tearing someone else apart
22. A bloody mess ………………………
23. A coastline ……………………………
24. A symmetrical design ……………
25. Waiters bowing ……………………
26. Men picking something up ……
27. A bow tie ………………………………
28. A butterfly ……………………………
29. Vertebra ………………………………
30. Nothing at all …………………………
			EXACTLY		VERY MUCH		SOMEWHAT		ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
			LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT		LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—IV—
31. Head of an animal …………………
32. A furry man ……………………………

 

Items
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—IV— (continued)
33. Two snakes ……………………………
34. A skin stretched out tight ………
35. A mountain range …………………
36. A black waterhole …………………
37. Nothing at all …………………………
38. A fur rug ………………………………
39. A giant walking towards you
40. Two boots ……………………………
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—V—
41. The nervous system ………………
42. A line down the center …………
43. A rabbit …………………………………
44. A smashed body ……………………
45. Dark smoke ……………………………
46. A bat ……………………………………
47. An insect ………………………………
48. A mountain range …………………
49. Nothing at all …………………………
50. A nutcracker …………………………
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—VI—
51. Nothing at all …………………………
52. Leg of a table …………………………
53. A snake with feathers ……………
54. Picture from an airplane ………
55. Black paint ……………………………
56. A cat’s whiskers ……………………
57. Flying geese …………………………

 

Items
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—VI— (continued)
58. A butterfly ……………………………
59. An oil explosion ……………………
60. Rug of animal skin …………………
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—VII—
61. A butterfly ……………………………
62. A topographical map ……………
63. Grass ……………………………………
64. Male sex organs ……………………
65. A white lamp …………………………
66. Two female faces …………………
67. A Pacific island ………………………
68. Nothing at all …………………………
69. A necklace ……………………………
70. Rocks balancing ……………………
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—VIII—
71. Animals climbing ……………………
72. A coat of arms ………………………
73. Nothing at all …………………………
74. Two fish …………………………………
75. Blood ……………………………………
76. A blotch of colors …………………
77. An evergreen tree …………………
78. Frogs’ heads …………………………
79. Colored butterflies ………………
80. Modern art ……………………………

 

Items
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—IX—
81. Nothing at all …………………………
82. The liver ………………………………
83. A burning candle ……………………
84. Blood ……………………………………
85. Two men in dunce caps …………
86. Two women …………………………
87. Smoke rising …………………………
88. Bloody hands …………………………
89. A colored map ………………………
90. Lobsters …………………………………
	EXACTLY	VERY MUCH	SOMEWHAT	ONLY A LITTLE	NOT AT ALL
	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT	LIKE IT
—X—
91. A biology slide ………………………
92. Leaves ……………………………………
93. A wishbone ……………………………
94. Nothing at all …………………………
95. Snakes eating a rabbit’s head
96. Flowers …………………………………
97. Two lions ………………………………
98. Two people hanging in air ……
99. A rabbit’s head ………………………
100. Squashed insects …………………