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H-T-P TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

(J. N. Buck) A projective test introduced in 1948 in which the subject is asked to draw a house, a tree, and a person, each of which is believed to be a self-portrait.

OBS

for "House-Tree-Person Projective Technique" : ... [in] the House-Tree-Person Projective Technique ... the examiner takes copious notes on time, sequence of parts drawn, spontaneous comments, and expressions of emotions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

(...) Dans le test H.T.P. (...) [on] demande au sujet de dessiner une maison, un arbre et une personne. L'interprétation porte sur les concepts mêmes, sur les détails, la qualité du graphisme, les proportions, la perspective, le temps, les commentaires, la critique personnelle, etc. (...) tout cela en rapport avec les couches profondes de la personnalité.

Spanish

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