Projective techniques facilitate the articulation of otherwise repressed or
withheld thoughts by allowing the research participant or subject to
‘project’ their own thoughts onto someone or something other than
themselves. Projective techniques are thus techniques that enable research
participants or subjects to respond in ways in which they would otherwise
not feel able to respond. Respondents are asked to respond to stimuli and
the hope is that they will project aspects of their own thoughts or feelings
via the use of the stimuli.