Frank and Gina are looking at an abstract painting in a museum. Gina describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting. Frank says, "It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas."
Gina responds, "No, there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch they agree that their experience reminds them of which concept they learned in introductory psychology?
a) social cognition
b) trait theory
c) projective testing
d) the Big Five
ANS: C, A projective test is one in which a person is shown a series of ambiguous pictures or inkblots and is asked to describe what he or she perceives.
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