Rorschach’s assumption that his inkblots were ambiguous, and that people would impose their own meaning or project themselves into the inkblots, is consistent with Bartlett who proposed that when faced with ambiguity people _______.

a. “construct” their own reality
b. exist in a solipsistic void
c. engage in “effort after meaning”
d. none of the above


Answer: c. engage in “effort after meaning”

Psychology

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