Rorschach Ink Blots Test Controversy: Did Wikipedia Publish a Cheat Sheet?
Did Wikipedia just ruin the psychology world by allowing the posting of 10 Rorschach ink blots with the corresponding description of what each ink blot actually represents? Is it the Rorschach ink blots cheat sheet that people will just start to memorize so they can satisfactorily pass their psychological exams?
The Rorschach ink blots test was named after Hermann Rorschach who devised the test in 1921. Currently, it is among the commonly used psychological tests used by outpatient mental health facilities. Simply put, it helps determine if an insane or mentally-disturbed individual is fit to rejoin the community.
The New York Times is the first respected publication to raise the concern about the publishing of the supposed ‘cheat sheets’ of these Rorschach ink blots. Will such revelation of these cheat sheets cause an outrage among the psychological circle?
Here’s a picture of one Rorschach ink blot:
As described in Wikipedia, this ink blot represents a bat, butterfly or a moth.
Drug Agent’s Daughter Kidnapped and Raped Reportedly Unverified
The day before, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that a drug enforcement agent’s daughter was kidnapped and raped and the publication’s source was none other than the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) head Dionisio Santiago.
But a day later, the Palace have said that the incident was still unverified. PDEA chief even changed his statement saying that the kidnapping and rape was just the result of the girl’s father and family panicking and had come to such unverified conclusions.
Apparently, the girl was involved in a drinking spree with friends and got too drunk. She soon passed out and it was her friends who took her home.
Could this be a case of the media reporting an incident too soon? I know getting a scoop is the bread-and-butter of every news outfit but with such a sensitive case, would it be too much to ask if the incident was further verified before telling the public about it?
Even if it was true, I can just imagine what the girl’s family would have felt that whenever they go out of the house or turn on their TV or radio, all they would hear and watch are people talking about the horrible situation they were in.
Compassion, in this case, came second to the ‘public’s right to know’. I’m a member of the public and I would rather have not heard about it in the first place.
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