A patient's psychotherapist has given her a projective test. The test most likely consists of
a. 550 questions to which the patient must respond either "true" or "false."
b. a staged social interaction in which the patient is observed without her knowledge.
c. ambiguous material to which the patient must respond.
d. a series of questions designed to measure divergent production.
Answer: c. ambiguous material to which the patient must respond.
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a. trait b. social learning c. humanistic d. psychodynamic
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