A study of the Form Level Rating in the Rorschach Test [1]

Abstract

Problem : Recently some investigators, such as Klopfer and Philips, proposed unique methods of rating the from quality of the Rorschach response, which was originally scored as F+ and F-by Rorschach. We have already found that there were some correlations between the Form Level Rating (following Klopfer) and the I. Q. evaluated by the Wechsler-Bellevue Test. (Philosophia, 1955, 28.) Here we give the results of the research conducted with reference to Form Level in relation to the age differences, with some considerations on the fundamental problems involved in evaluating the Form Level. We took up three groups of the subjects in the study. The first consisted of 55 undergraduate students, the second of 40 highschool students, and the third of 30 sixth-grade primary school pupils. The I. Q. distributions of each group were about the same (all approximately from 105 to 137).
Results : 1. Both in average unweighted Form Level (Av. F. L.) and average weighted Form Level (Av. W. -F. L.), significant differences among the three groups were observed.
2, Minus Form Level scores appeared more frequently in the primary school group.
3. The Adding Credits increased as the age went up.
4. We applied the scale of Basal Ratings to some basic concepts.
In many points our results agreed with the comments of Klopfer. However, from our viewpoint, the Rorschach diagnosis would be more adequate if we take into account not only Av. F. L. and Av. W. -F. L. but also Adding Credits separatly.