RAP - Coding Help

F
Form

Used for responses based exclusively on the form feature of the blot.

Examples: 
"Shape of..."
"These are the wings, and the body, and the tail."
"This is the head and here are the legs and this is the tree trunk."
"It's just all black like a rain cloud"= C'
"It's all narrow at the top like rain clouds"= F 

F primary vs. secondary

Examples:

Response -"A very pretty flower"

Inquiry-"It's red like a rose and this would be the petals, and the stem is here" = CF or FC.  (use coder judgment and other clues in the record.)

["I’m not sure I see it as you do"]

"It's just looks like a rose, see the petals and the stem"= FC

or "It's just so pretty, like a white and red rose"= CF (re-emphasized coloring not form.)

Form is subsumed in M, FM, and m, therefore F symbol will not be included if the codes M, FM or m are the only ones assigned to an answer.

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FD
Form based dimensional

An impression of depth, distance, or dimensionality is created by using the element of size and/or shape of contours.

No use of shading is involved.

Clarification:

Responses that involve impressions of depth, distance, or dimension that are not based on shading features.

Usually, size differentiation is a contributing element:

"The feet are so much bigger than the head, he must be lying down"

"It's so small, it must be way off in the distance"

"It looks like it's in perspective, like I'm looking up at him"

In some responses, the absence of some features of the object are translated to indicate depth or dimensionality:

"I can only c the leg and part of the arm, so it must be behind this..."

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Pairs & Reflections

Clarification:

Like pair (2) responses, reflection responses (rF, Fr) include symmetry and identical objects. In addition, they are also specified as being reflected or as a mirror image.

The reflection must be based on symmetry and the objects are identical (by word or implication).

Examples:

"Someone looking in the mirror"

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2
Pair response

2 identical objects are reported, based on the symmetry of the blot. The objects must be equivalent in all respects.

The objects must not be identified as being reflected or mirror images.

Clarification:
Any response that used the symmetry of the blot to specify 2 identical objects.

Examples:
"There are two..."

"A couple of..."

Plural "Bears", "Dogs", "People"

R- "This looks like a dog:

I- "There is one on each side" = (2)

If the objects are differentiated in any way (This one is bigger, fatter, darker, etc.) the pair is not coded.

R- "This looks like 2 people"

I- "It looks like a man and a woman"

Not coded as pair.

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rF
Reflection-Form

The blot or blot area is reported as a reflection or mirror image, because of the symmetry of the blot.

The object has no specific form, as in clouds, landscape, shadows, etc.

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Fr
Form-Reflection

The blot or blot area is reported as a reflection or mirror image, because of the symmetry of the blot. 

The object reported has a specific form demand, and the substance of the response is based on form features.

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Movement

Movement code indicates a response that included any kinesthetic activity or movement. There are 3 codes for movement: human, animal, and inanimate movement. In some instances the movement is static. The second coding that assigned to all movement responses is a code that notes whether the movement is active or passive.

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M
Human Movement

Used for responses involving kinesthetic activity of a human, or of animal, a fictional character, and inanimate objects in a human-like activity. 

Examples:
Fighting, jumping, lifting, sawing, etc. (active)

Thinking, sleeping, pondering, leaning, looking, etc. (passive)

Human-like activity:

"2 birds playing poker"

"2 insects arguing"

"A happy tree"

Sensory and emotional experience (including formless abstracts):

"That just reminds me a gloom"

"It looks like love to me"

"When I look at this I hear a loud sound."

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FM
Animal Movement

Used for responses involving kinesthetic activity of an animal.
The movement must be congruent with, and common to the species.

Animal's movement not common to their species should be coded M.

Examples:
"Bears playing poker"

"2 insects pushing a wheelbarrow"

"A fish standing next to a tree"

"There is a butterfly flying over here"

All scored M because the type of movement is not common to their species.

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m
Inanimate Movement

Movement of inanimate, inorganic, or objects.  Or an object in an unnatural tension state.

Examples:

"Cloud rising"

"A waterfall"

"A flag flying in the breeze"

"A bullet smashing through something"

"Flames leaping up"

Unnatural tension:

"A coat hanging on a post"

"A skin stretched out to dry"

"A rug laying on the floor" will not be scored m because there is no unnatural tension state.

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a, p, a-p
Active-Passive Movement

Active and/or Passive code must be assigned to all movement responses.

p

"Talking" (Benchmark: beyond = a)

"Whispering"

"Looking"

"Standing"

"Setting"

"Bending"

"Sighing"

a

"Arguing"

"Yelling"

"Glaring"

"Reaching"

Clarification:

Static movement - the object, or the scene reported is described as an abstract, a caricature, a painting, or a picture. = p (regardless of the description  of the movement reported)

Example:          
"An abstract of fireworks" = mp
"A painting of 2 dogs fighting" = FMp

a-p

2 or more objects are described in movement and at least one is active and one passive.

Example:
"2 people dancing (active) around a person standing (passive) in the middle." = Ma-p

The determinant M is entered as a single frequency, but both a and p are counted when tallying the frequency of a and p.

a-p assign to a single M only when more than one object is involved in the movement.  

"A dog sitting here (passive) howling at the moon (active)" = FMa (Only the active movement is coded.)

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Chromatic Color

Answers that are involved chromatic color features of the blot.

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C
Pure Chromatic Color

Answers that based exclusively on the chromatic color feature of the blot.
No form is involved.

Example:

"This red, it looks like blood"

"It's blue so it could be water"

"Just a lot of different colored paint"

"It's blue, like ice get blue sometimes"

R- "The orange there cb fire"

I- "It's the way that you see the orange flames when u look at the fire."

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CF
Chromatic Color-Form

Answers that are formulated primarily because of the chromatic color features of the blot.
Form features are used, but are of secondary importance.

Examples:

R- "A pretty flower"

I- "It's a beautiful orange w green leaves & this is the stem"

R- "A very exotic butterfly"

I- "It's a beautiful red, unusual in its color, the leafs are out"

R- "Eggs fried in a butter"

I- "They’re yellow, like fried in butter, c the yoke in the cntr"

R- "It's a forest of some sort"

I- "It's all deferent colored plants and tree"

(in contrast, if I was - "U can c the shapes of some trees & bushes and this might be a road running down the middle." = F)

"The red must be blood, it's on these bears that are fighting each other"

(Whereas red blood typically be coded C, the coding here is stepped down because of proximity to a form dominated object.  If the blood was not on the bears but in the background, the coding will be C.)

Minimal form:

"The red looks like blood, running down"

"Like fireworks exploding outward"

"The pink reminds me of strawberry ice cream, 2 scoops"

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FC
Form-Chromatic color

Mainly because of form, chromatic color are secondary.

Examples:

"There are 2 people leaning each other, they have red hats"

"These are 2 little pink mice, they r pink when they are first born, c their little legs and a head & a tail"

"Red Hats"

Clarification (in contrast to some CF examples):

R- "A pretty flower"

I- "Here is the stem, these r the leaves, this is the flower, its in a pot"

[U said it is pretty?]

"Yes, it has an orange flower"

R- "A very exotic butterfly"

I- "It's has a very unusual wings, like a very rare butterflies, I think they are red, like this one."

R- "Eggs fried in a butter"

I- "It has an irregular shape, like egg does after you break it, and this is the yoke"

[U said fried in butter?]

"Well, thyr sort of yellow so I thot they might be fried in butter"

R- "The orange there cb flames"

I- "They are darting upward, burning evenly creating a symmetrical impression" (In spite of the fact that the color was mentioned first, the overall emphasis is on form.)

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Cn
Color naming

The colors of the blot are identified by name and given as a response.

Examples: "Red", "Green", "Yellow".

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Achromatic Color

Clarification:
Achromatic color responses are less frequent than chromatic.

Mostly FC'.

Same reasoning for scoring applicable to both chromatic and achromatic responses.

Key word:

"Black"

"White"

"Grey"

"Light"

"Dark"

Differentiation:

"Light" and "dark" can also be used to indicate the use of shading rather than achromatic color.

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C'
Pure Achromatic Color

Answers that are based exclusively on the gray, black, or white feature of the blot, when they are clearly used as color.

Examples:
"It's just all black like a rain cloud."
"It's white like a snow."

No form is involved.

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CF'
Achromatic Color-Form

Answers that are formulated primarily because of the gray, black, or white feature, clearly used as color.

Form features are used but are of secondary importance.

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FC'
Achromatic Form-Color

Mainly because of form, achromatic color is secondary.

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Shading

Sometimes it is hard to distinguish between texture, diffuse, and vista shading.

"It's looking rough because the lines make it look like there are indentations there, like bumpy" - shading used for depth or vista.

Similarly, "This looks like the brain, c the way the lines go here, it looks very bumpy" = vista {because shading is used (the way the lines go) and there is no implication for tactical impression (it looks very  bumpy).}

If "It looks like it would feel very bumpy if you touch it"
= texture

Or "This area looks cold because there are deferent shades of blue, like ice get when it's really cold" - shading used for diffuse response.

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Shading-Texture

Clarification:

The shading features used to create a tactile impression as in:

"Soft"

"Rough"

"Smooth"

"Furry"

"Wet"

Examples:

"It looks like it feels soft"

"It looks like it would feel hot if you touched it"

"Rough sandpaper"

Differentiation:

R- "A piece of fur"

I- "Because it's all irregular around the edges" = F

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T
Pure texture

Shading components are translated to represent a tactual response.
No form is involved.

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TF
Texture-Form

Shading features are interpreted as tactual, and form is used secondary (usually for purposes of elaboration and /or clarification.)

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FT
Form-Texture

Mainly because of form.  Shading features are translated as tactual but are of secondary importance.

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Shading-Vista

Clarification:

The shading features are used to create the impression of depth or dimensionality.

Examples:

"It's all dark, like it is deeper here"

When shading is used in conjunction with:

"It's down in"

"It's behind"

"It's rounded at the edges"

"It's higher than"

"It's an aerial view of..."

"Mountain range (line)"

Differentiation:

Distinguish whether the dept or dimension is based on the shading or is created because of the size or the contour features of the blot.

When the latter occurs, the coding is FD and not vista.

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V 
Pure Vista

Shading features are interpreted as depth or dimensionality.

No form is involved.

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VF
Vista-Form

Shading features are interpreted as depth or dimensionality.
Form features are included but of secondary importance.

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FV
Form-Vista

Based on form features. Shading is interpreted to note depth and/or dimensionality but is secondary.

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Shading-Diffuse

Clarification:

Any shading response that is not texture or vista.

Key words:

"Light"

"Dark"

"Blackness"

Not clearly implying achromatic color response.

Sometimes, indicating a contrast to color or coloring.  Like:

"The different pinks make it look rotten"

"It has different grays in it, like during the storm"

"The way the coloring comes together gives the impression of dried blood"

Differentiation:

"These dark wavy lines make it look furry." 

It is the diffuse shading (dark wavy lines) that create the tactile impression.

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Y
Pure Shading

Responses that are based exclusively on the light-dark features of the blot that are completely formless and do not involve texture or dimension.

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YF
Shading-Form

Responses that are based primary on the light-dark features. Form features are included but are secondary.

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FY
Form-Shading

Based on form features.  Light-dark features are included but are secondary.

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