Analysis

Analysis of (FPTI):

First: the two psychological tests given in

Flowers for Algernon:

The Rorschach Test

Also known as the Inkblot Test

The Method

Two people, tester and subject, sit at a table.

The subject is given ten inkblots that have near-perfect symmetry.

First, the subject free-associates with the inkblots.

He can look from any angle, as they wish.

(But the tester observes whether they ask first...)

The subject then must explain what she saw in the inkblots

and say where the things were.

It's not just what you see.

If a subject takes a while to respond, they are clearly shocked subconsciously.

The tester knows what they next hear will be a lie.

The Test

Warning:

To some, the Rorschach test can be frightening.

It may bring back hazy memories of things you would rather not remember.

If you begin to feel anxious during the test, please note:

Closing your eyes will not make the thoughts go away.

Prepare yourself.

First Card

Second Card

Third Card

Fourth Card

Fifth Card

Sixth Card

Seventh Card

Eighth Card

Ninth Card

Tenth Card

Thematic Apperception Test

Another projective test

The subject is given multiple pictures of people on cards

Note: These card pictures could not be found, as there is no standard set used.

Then, the subject creates stories about these people.

The test is created based on the subject. It differs every time.

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

There are 4 clusters:

Paranoid personality disorder:

Paranoia, suspiscion and mistrust of others

Schizoid personality disorder:

Solitary, secretive, and emotionally absent

Schizotypal personality disorder:

Social Isolation, odd behavior and thinking, and unconventional beliefs

Antisocial personality disorder:

"...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."

-American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Borderline personality disorder:

identity crisises, "black-and-white" thinking, strongly reactive to any criticism

Narcissistic personality disorder:

"a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy."

-American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Histrionic personality disorder:

excessive attention-seeking and emotionality; egocentric, easily hurt feelings and often inappropriate flirtatious behavior.

Avoidant personality disorder:

"Charlie-Brown syndrome"

feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to critiquing, avoidance of society for fear of being mocked or ridiculed

Dependent personality disorder:

hates making decisions, insist that others must do so for them; feels that the smallest choice (what cereal shall I have for breakfast?) will have far-reaching implications.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder:

obsession with perfection, rules, and organization; routines and rules must be followed, or there may be a psychological breakdown.

Depressive personality disorder:

basically unknown and very rare. THe seeking out of things that will depress yourself, in a masochistical form.

Passive-aggressive personality disorder:

enrages others with faux helplessness, procrastination, and stubbornness. Takes deliberate and repeated failure of responsibility. Often a defensive mechanism.

Very common, here are some signs and symptoms:

• Ambiguity or speaking cryptically: a means of engendering a feeling of insecurity in others

• Chronically being late and forgetting things: another way to exert control or to punish.

• Fear of competition

• Fear of dependency

• Fear of intimacy as a means to act out anger: The passive aggressive often cannot trust. Because of this, they guard themselves against becoming intimately attached to someone.

• Making chaotic situations

• Making excuses for non-performance in work teams

• Obstructionism

• Sulking

• Victimization response: instead of recognizing one's own weaknesses, tendency to blame others for own failures.

Sadistic personality disorder:

No longer considered a "real" personality disorder; uses cruel, demeaning, and aggressive behavior.

Four types:

• explosive sadist - including borderline features

• tyrannical sadist - including negativistic (passive-aggressive) features

• enforcing sadist - including compulsive features

• spineless sadist - including avoidant features.

Masochistic personality disorder:

Sadism to one's self.

Four types here, too:

• self-undoing masochist - including avoidant features

• possessive masochist - including negativistic (passive-aggressive) features

• oppressed masochist - including depressive features

• virtuous masochist - including histrionic features.

Recognize

anyone?

Most people have several personality disorders that appear, changing with the situation the subject finds themselves in.

ANALYSIS

Psychoanalysis from Flowers for Algernon and beyond...

Cluster B

(dramatic)

Cluster A

(odd)

Presentation by (FPTI)

Weird Nerdy Geek - avoid/institutionalise

Cluster C

(anxious)

Cluster D

(angry)

Not to be confused with Obsessive–compulsive disorder.

Much rarer and stronger;

one in 50 adults have normal OCD

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