Hermann Rorschach

(1884-1984) - Swedish psychiatrist. Invented by the test named after him, became one of the main means of psychodiagnostic study of personality, its structure and unconscious motivation. The test lies in the interpretation of the subject set of ink spots of different configurations and colors, . having a specific meaning for the diagnosis of hidden units, . motives, . properties of nature ( 'Psychodiagnostics: diagnostic test, . based on the perception ', . 1921),
. Job P. gave impetus to the development of one of the main trends in modern psycho-diagnostics (cm. Projective tests) as possible to approach the consideration of personality as integrity, rather than an aggregate of separate abilities.