Projective tests reveal aggression displaced onto rejected story figures

Evidence

In the Berkeley section of the anti-Semitism project, an approach using character structure had been developed. Character structure could be revealed by indirect and projective methods. But this method was not possible when it was a matter of revealing attitudes to particular political topics. It was not possible to expose opinions about specific topics without actually talking about the topics themselves. What had to be achieved, therefore, was that the persons being examined should openly express their opinions on concrete topics of this sort. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 459 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Projection makes outgroup accusations reveal the perceiver’s own rejected traits — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2345; Ego-alien aggression shows up in story villains the subject disowns — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 545; Projective character-structure methods cannot measure attitudes toward specific political topics — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 459

Broader Connections

• Projective character-structure methods cannot measure attitudes toward specific political topics #complicates (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 459