Hermann Rorschach, born on 8 November 1884 in Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, was a Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Hermann Rorschach is prominently known for developing a creative projective test, the Rorschach inkblot test.
Rorschach inkblot test, also termed as inkblot test, is used to examine a person's emotional and personality characteristics.
It is primarily a psychological test considered especially with patients who are reluctant to express their thoughts or thinking processes candidly. In this test, subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then examined using complex algorithms and psychological interpretation. In other words, Rorschach inkblot test helps in detecting thought disorder of a person.
From his childhood, Hermann Rorschach enjoyed in making fanciful inkblot "pictures" and so was widely known as Klecks, or "inkblot", among his school friends.
In 1909, Rorschach graduated in medicine at Zurich. Rorschach was influenced by Eugen Bleuler, an eminent psychiatrist of his time.
His curiosity that why different people often interpret different things in same inkbolts led him to pursue the test by showing inkblots and analyzing responses.
Hermann Rorschach's test on behaviour readings was appreciated by many psychiatrists.
On April 1, 1922, at the age of 37, Hermann Rorschach breathed his last.
Today Google remembers Hermann Rorschach on his 129th birthday by dedicating a doodle that features different inkblot p atterns. It also features a 'Share what you see button' allowing users to share their interpretation of the inkblot on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
The Hermann Rorschach doodle also features the psychoanalyst sitting and making notes.
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