Scoring and Interpretation of

ROR
Sahrish Fatima Ali
Roll no. 72042
Scoring
 Free Association Phase/ Response
Phase
• C.N - Card no. (e.g. Ⅰ, ⅠⅠ, ⅠⅠⅠ, Ⅳ, Ⅴ …)
• RT1 - Reaction Time (time for first response)
• RTT - Reaction Time (total time of keeping
the card)
• C.P - Card Position ( , , , )
• Responses - 1. , 2. , 3. , …
Enquiry Phase- Location
 Location/ Blot Area
• W – Total Blot Area
• D – Common Blot Area
• Dd – Uncommon Blot Area
• Ws – Total blot area + white background area
• Ds – Common blot area + white background
area
• Dds – for uncommon blot area + white
background area
Note:
COMPLETE LIST OF COMMON BLOT
AREAS AND UNCOMMON BLOT
AREAS IS AVAILABLE IN BECK ET AL.
(1961).
 Object Attribute/ Determinant
• Form/ Shape (F)
• Movement/ Action (M)
• Shading (c for texture, K for dimension)
• Color( C for chromatic, C’ for achromatic)
 1. Form/ Shape
• (F)
• + for shape appropriateness
• - for shape inappropriateness
• A comprehensive list of shape appropriate and
shape inappropriate responses for each blot
areas on every Rorschach Plate is provided by
Beck et al. (1961).
 2. Movement/ Action
• M - Human Movement
• FM – Animal Movement
• m – Inanimate Movement
 3. Shading
Texture
• c – Pure texture response
• cF – Texture-Form response
• Fc – Form-Texture response

• K- 3 dimensional effect
• FK- Form-3D response
• KF- 3D-Form response
• k, Fk and kF responses
 4. Color

• C – Pure color response

• FC – Form- Color response
• CF – Color-Form Response
• Cn – Color naming response

• C’ – Pure Achromatic Response

• FC’ – From-Achromatic response
• C’F – Achromatic – form response
 Content/ Object Category
• H – Complete human
• Hd – Part Human
• A – Complete Animal
• Ad – Part Animal
• An – Internal organs
Most Frequent/Popular Responses
• P (popular)
• No more than 1 response for a particular blot
area should be scored as popular response.
• Beck et al. (1961) and Asthana (1971) have
prepared a list of most frequent responses.
 Computation

TR- Total responses on the Rorschach

protocol
 Location Scores
• W% - Percent total blot area – W/TR x 100
• D% - Percent Common blot area – D/TR x 100
• Dd% - Percent Uncommon Blot area – Dd/TR x 100
• S% - Percent white background area – S/TR x 100
 Form responses
• F% - F/TR x 100
• F+ % - F+/ F x 100
• F-% - F-/ F x 100
 Movement scores
• M% - M/TR x 100
• FM% - FM/TR x 100
• m% - m/TR x 100
 Shading responses
Texture
• c% – c/TR x 100
• Fc% – Fc/TR x 100
• cF% – cF/TR x 100

3-Dimensional
• K% – K/TR x 100
• FK% –FK/TR x 100
• KF% – KF/TR x 100
• k%, Fk%, kF%
 Color Responses
Chromatic
• C% – C/TR x 100
• FC% – FC/TR x100
• CF% – CF/TR x 100
• Cn% – Cn/TR x 100
Achromatic
• C’% – C’/TR x 100
• FC’% – FC’/TR x 100
• C’F% – C’F/TR x 100
 Content/Object Category scores
• H%- Percent Human Object Category
H+Hd/TR x 100
• A% - Percent Animal Object Category
A+Ad/TR x 100
• An% - Percent Internal organ object category
An/TR x 100
 Popular Responses

• P% - Percent Popular responses - P/TR x 100

Interpretations
Location scores
 Average range of
expectation
(20-30% W, 45-55%D, 5-
15%d less than 10% Dd and
S)

Balanced intellectual
approach
 W’s more than 30%
combined with higher
form level

Ability to organize
material, to relate to
details, to be concerned
about the abstract and
theoretical
 W’s with
mediocre form
level

Ambitiousness
not substantiated
by ability
 Lack of W’s

Lack of interest
in seeking
relationships
 Over 15% d

Need to be
accurate, correct
and exact
dd(very small
but clearly
defined area)

Obsessional,
meticulous
trends
 de(edge of
the blot area)

Anxiety
states
di(inside area carved
out of shaded mass

Anxious
preoccupation with
interpersonal
relationships
 dr(rarely
delineated area)

Great
perceptiveness
and flexibility
 S(reversal of figure
and ground)

Oppositional
tendency, negativism
and stubborness
F scores
Normal F% (20% and
50%) without
movement, shading
or color responses

Rigidity and
constriction
 High F% with
reasonable no. of
movement, shading
or color responses

Rich personality
(matter of fact when
necessary)
Low F% with movement,
shading and color
responses

Little emphasis on
maintaining relationships,
spontaneous, creative and
sensitive to others
 Low F% without
movement, shading
and color responses

Highly personalized
reaction
 F% over 80%

Pathological(obsessive
and depressed states)
 Higher F+

Concerned with
exactness and reality
(intelligent and
compulsive)
 Higher F-

Not quite intelligent

or controlled
emotionally
Movement scores
 At least 3 M
responses

Well adjusted-
intelligent adult
M response
with F-

Defective ego
organization
 FM

Less mature, less

concious, less
acceptable, immediate
gratification
 No FM or given
reluctantly

Repress his primitive

impulses because
they are
unacceptable to him
 m responses

Tension and conflict

(awareness)
Higher adjustment
ability
 No m
responses

Danger
(unaware)
Shading score (Texture)
 c responses

Infantile,
undifferentiated and
crude need for affection
of physical contact
 Optimal fc
responses

Tactfulness,
awareness and
sensitivty
 High Fc
responses

Too much
dependence on
others
 Low Fc
responses

Lack of
acceptance of
affectional needs
 cF responses

Immature need for

closeness, a longing
for dependence on
others
Shading(3-dimension)
 FK responses

Individual is trying to
understand and to
tolerate his anxiety
 K and KF
responses

Anxiety due to
frustration of
affectional needs
k, kF, Fk responses

Anxiety regarding
affectional needs
that individual tries
to cover up
Color (Chromatic)
 FC responses

Controlled but ready

responsiveness to
emotional impact
 CF responses

Uncontrolled but
appropriate and
genuine reactivity to
social stimuli
C scores(Different ways of
handling it)

Blood red (explosive,

uncontrolled emotionality)
Pathological sign
Dependent on Cn
C’ with many
chromatic
reponses

Increased
receptivity to
color
 C’ with few
chromatic
responses

Toned-down
and hesitant
responsiveness
Content/Object category
Wide variety
of categories

High
intelligence
 High A%

Mediocre or
defective
intelligence
 Popular responses

Usually 3/10 popular responses

 8 or more
responses

Strong need of
individual to think
as other people do
 Small no. of
popular
responses

Inability to see
the world as
others
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