Characteristics of the Projective Research

• Lack of test material structure is a prerequisite that different people perceive differently. In response to the unstructured and ambiguous stimulus, subjects are forced to impose or project their own structure, and in doing so, they reveal something about themselves such as needs wishes, conflicts, and Ambiguity.
• Employ a -a wide range of stimuli such as inkblots, incomplete sentences, line drawings, and pictures. No matter what stimuli are selected and used, the examination procedure is set up to ensure the highest degree of ambiguity and is structureless. These unstructured situations are presented to the subject for resolution with the underlying assumption that the handling of this ambiguous task will involve the various aspects of personality make-up and its dynamic structure.
• Projective techniques are indirect in the sense the subject is not aware of the purpose of the test to some extent, i.e., the purpose and intent of projective techniques are disorganized Respondents are also not aware of the relevance and significance of their responses
• Provide more freedom in the choice of responses. It captures the uniqueness of the personality of the respondent.