House tree person test
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GENERAL INFO
The house-tree-person test (HTP) is a projective personality test, a type of exam in which the test taker responds to or provides ambiguous, abstract, or unstructuredstimuli (often in the form of pictures or drawings). In the HTP, the test taker is asked to draw houses, trees, and persons, and these drawings provide a measure of self-perceptions andattitudes. As with other projective tests, it has flexible and subjective administration and interpretation.
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of the HTP is to measure aspects of a person'spersonality through interpretation of drawings and responses to questions. It is also sometimes used as part of an assessment of brain damage or overall neurological functioning.DESCRIPTION
The HTP can be given to anyone over the age of three. Because it requires test takers to draw pictures, it is often used with children and adolescents. It is also often used withindividuals suspected of having brain damage or other neurological impairment. The test takes an average of 150 minutes to complete; it may take less time with normally functioningadults and much more time with neurologically impaired individuals.
PRECAUTIONS
Because it is mostly subjective, scoring and interpreting the HTP is difficult. Anyone administering theHTP must be properly trained. The test publishers provide a detailed 350-page administration and scoring manual.
RESULTS
The HTP is scored in both an objective quantitative mannerand a subjective qualitative manner. The quantitative scoring scheme involves analyzing the details of drawings to arrive at a general assessment of intelligence, using a scoring methoddevised by the test creators. Research has shown this assessment of intelligence correlates highly with other intelligence tests such as the Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS).
The house-tree-person test (HTP) is a projective personality test, a type of exam in which the test taker responds to or provides ambiguous, abstract, or unstructuredstimuli (often in the form of pictures or drawings). In the HTP, the test taker is asked to draw houses, trees, and persons, and these drawings provide a measure of self-perceptions andattitudes. As with other projective tests, it has flexible and subjective administration and interpretation.
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of the HTP is to measure aspects of a person'spersonality through interpretation of drawings and responses to questions. It is also sometimes used as part of an assessment of brain damage or overall neurological functioning.DESCRIPTION
The HTP can be given to anyone over the age of three. Because it requires test takers to draw pictures, it is often used with children and adolescents. It is also often used withindividuals suspected of having brain damage or other neurological impairment. The test takes an average of 150 minutes to complete; it may take less time with normally functioningadults and much more time with neurologically impaired individuals.
PRECAUTIONS
Because it is mostly subjective, scoring and interpreting the HTP is difficult. Anyone administering theHTP must be properly trained. The test publishers provide a detailed 350-page administration and scoring manual.
RESULTS
The HTP is scored in both an objective quantitative mannerand a subjective qualitative manner. The quantitative scoring scheme involves analyzing the details of drawings to arrive at a general assessment of intelligence, using a scoring methoddevised by the test creators. Research has shown this assessment of intelligence correlates highly with other intelligence tests such as the Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS).
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