are we back

[Denny]

test

[fearfaoin]

Hit 'n' miss.

[Denny]

certainly is, innit

explains the lack of a question mark in the title

fer Slood, on C+F it was

[I.D.10-t]

Personality Assessment Test

Questionnaire for Universal Assessment of Zealous Youth (QUAZY)

1. I have never met a cannibal I didn’t like. T F
2. Robbery is the only major felony I have ever committed. T F
3. I eat “funny mushrooms” less frequently than I used to. T F
4. I don’t care what people say about my nose picking habit. T F
5. Sex with vegetables no longer disgusts me. T F
6. This time I am quitting glue-sniffing for good. T F
7. I generally lie on questions like this one. T F
8. I spent much of my childhood sucking on telephone cords. T F
9. I find it impossible to sleep if I think my bed might be clean. T F
10. Naked bus drivers make me nervous. T F
11. Some of my friends don’t know what a rotten person I am. T F
12. I usually find laxatives unsatisfying. T F
13. I spend my spare time playing strip solitaire. T F

[I.D.10-t]

Test

(Rorschach images deleted by Dale. See below.)

[Denny]

rather a slow week, innit

[Dale]

I deleted the Rorschach images. It's a long story.

As a psychologist, I maintain an ethical responsibility not to be a party to the publication of secure test materials. I'm fully aware that these images are all over the Internet and that the copyright issue is, well, an issue, and, even though I'm not a Rorschach guy, I just don't feel right about it. From Wikipedia:

The American Psychological Association (APA) has a code of ethics that supports "freedom of inquiry and expression" and helping "the public in developing informed judgments".[95] It claims that its goals include "the welfare and protection of the individuals and groups with whom psychologists work", and it requires that psychologists "make reasonable efforts to maintain the integrity and security of test materials". The APA has also raised concerns that the dissemination of test materials might impose "very concrete harm to the general public". It has not taken a position on publication of the Rorschach plates but noted "there are a limited number of standardized psychological tests considered appropriate for a given purpose".[96] For example, the Rorschach test is capable of detecting suicidality.[97][98][99] A public statement by the British Psychological Society expresses similar concerns about psychological tests (without mentioning any test by name) and considers the "release of [test] materials to unqualified individuals" to be misuse if it is against the wishes of the test publisher.[100] In his book "Ethics in psychology", Koocher (1998) notes that some believe "reprinting copies of the Rorschach plates ... and listing common responses represents a serious unethical act" for psychologists and is indicative of "questionable professional judgment".[101] Other professional associations, such as the Italian Association of Strategic Psychotherapy, recommend that even information about the purpose of the test or any detail of its administration should be kept from the public, even though "cheating" the test is held to be practically impossible.[102]
Psychologists have sometimes refused to disclose tests and test data to courts when asked to do so by the parties citing ethical reasons; it is argued that such refusals may hinder full understanding of the process by the attorneys, and impede cross-examination of the experts. APA ethical standard 1.23(b) states that the psychologist has a responsibility to document processes in detail and of adequate quality to allow reasonable scrutiny by the court.[103]

[Nanohedron]

Very good, then.

[Denny]

indeed!

[I.D.10-t]

My apologies, Dale, I knew the copyright and other issues with the test. Poor choice on my part for a test joke.

[fearfaoin]

[Nanohedron]

And this is an emoticon how?

[Denny]

[I.D.10-t]

Image test

http://bioinformatics.icmb.utexas.edu/l ... er4000.png

[Yes, it works. No point giving leaving it as a rude surprise for people when it sucks up their bandwidth. - Mod]

[Denny]

large, if a bit messy