title: You can get here from there.
abstract: During one of the several unsuccessful admission interviews I had before finally being admitted to a graduate program, an interviewer asked me what kind of research I would like to do as a psychologist. "I plan to validate the Rorschach" was my reply. "And what will you do if you find the Rorschach isn't valid?" was the interviewer's next question. I don't recall my answer but it was obviously inadequate because such an unlikely possibility hadn't occurred to me, and I wasn't admitted to that program. Looking back, it is very clear how one thing led to another so that instead of validating the Rorschach, I ended up exploring the contribution of genetic factors to stress ulcers in rats and children's personality.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52245, USA. jacob-sines@uiowa.edu
authors: Jacob O
authors: JO
authors: Sines
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D002983:Clinical Competence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000266:history*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States