Projective techniques is defined as Psychological testing techniques that use people's responses to ambiguous test stimuli to make judgments about their adjustment - maladjustment. Proponents of Projective techniques believe that examinees "project" themselves into the stimuli, hence revealing unconscious aspects of themselves. Psychological testing techniques, such as the Rorschach or the Thematic Apperception Test, use people's responses to ambiguous test stimuli to make judgments about their personality traits or their psychological state.