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INKBLOT [2 records]

Record 1 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

How does an Inkblot test tell the psychologist someting about personality? The inkblots don't really do anything. What's important is what people say about the image they see. You might say that the inkblots act as a mirror of the mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
CONT

If a peace keeping force is sent in, the UN officials say the forces will not be deployed in a straight line separating the two sides as they usually are, but in what they have referred to as "inkblots" around areas of strife, with the troops seeking to defuse ethnic tension between rival communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
CONT

L'idée est de déployer "en peau de léopard" (ink blot, selon l'expression anglaise) ces militaires dans les zones de combat, de sorte à créer des zones de sécurité neutralisées.

Spanish

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