Psychological testing and therapeutic game device

摘要

A game fostering the telling of a story based on word stimuli. A spinner is divided into pie-shaped wedges of various colors and markings. Spinning the pointer selects a wedge. Certain wedges correspond to a first set of cards each of which provide a set of words in any one card of the first set tending to evoke the same primary emotion. Other spinner wedges correspond to a second set of cards having words that tend to evoke significant primary emotions; each of the words in any one card of the second set referring to a different significant primary emotion. The words on the cards are used as a jumping off point for storytelling, answering questions about the story told and dramatizing the story. Intermediate awards are given for each storytelling. Intermediate rewards during the game and more concrete rewards at the end of the game enhance the game feature and provide an incentive for storytelling and fantasizing.