The Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank is a projective psychological test developed by Julian Rotter. It comes in three forms, for different age groups, and comprises 40 incomplete sentences in 20 minutes, usually only 1-2 words long such as "I regret ..." "Mostly girls...". The subject is asked to complete the sentence.
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“Someone once asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don’t have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)