This summary of TAT analysis of 14 students of a public school who have qualified in UPSC written examination and are awaiting to appear in SSB.

1. Public SCHOOL 1

2.  THE HERO WAS MALE, OFTHE SAME AGE OF
WRITER, RESEMBLEDTHE WRITER IN MOST OF
CASES. FEMALE HERO WAS AVOIDED EXCEPT
STORY NO 3.
 ON AN AVERAGE MORETHAN 10 LINES WERE
WRITTEN.
 MAJORITY HAD NOT MENTIONED ANY UNSOCIAL
ELEMENTS I.E. MURDER ,TERRORISTS ETC. AND
POLITICS AND RELIGIONS.
 NON PESSIMISTIC ENDING ANDTENDENCY
TOWARDS OPTIMISTIC ENDING.
 ENOUGH CAPABILITY OF STUDENTS

3.  UTILIZED AVAILABLE CHARACTERS AS A
RESOURCE AND PROPER USE OF IMPULSE.
 CONSCIOUS WILLTO IMPROVEAND LEARN
BUT UNCONSCIOUSVIOLATION OFWILL
THERE IS CONTRADICTION AND CONFLICT
WITHIN.
 HAPPY ENDING.
 MOST OFTHE CANDIDATES HAVE NOT
SHOWN NEGATIVE QUALITIES OF HERO AND
HENCE OFTHEMSELVES.

4.  INJURYTOTHE HERO
 DISPLAY OF PHOBIA ie. HEIGHT.
 SUICIDAL MOOD MENTIONED BY FEW
 AGE OFTHE HERO MANY ATIMES IS MUCH
LOWERTHANTHE CHRONOLOGICAL AGE OF
THE CANDIDATE (REGRESSION)
 HELPLESSNESS OFTHE HERO ie. POOR ,
ORPHAN, ETC.
 DESCRIPTION OF STORY RATHERTHAN
WRITING A STORY BY FEW.
 ANXIETY

5.  MORE DETAILS OFTHE ACTION IS
NEEDED
 NEED FOR ANGER MANAGEMENT.
 LOW AIM OFTHE HERO
 WISHFUL ,
 GLORY ATTHE COST OF OTHERS
 STRONG NEED FOR MONEY
 HERO NOT INVOLVED IN ACTION.
 GREAT NEED FOR OUT OF BOUND
THINKING

6.  REWARD SEEKING ATTITUDE OFTHE
PROTAGONIST
 EASILY INFLUENCEDTOWARDS NEGATIVE
THINKING.
 LACK OF IMAGINATION AND NON OPENING
OF MIND.
 COMMITMENTTO LEARN AND
PARTICIPATION INTHE CLASS WAS BELOW
EXPECTATION.
 MATURITY, DEPTH, AND DETAILS INTHE
STORY MISSING.

7.  LACK OF COMPREHENSION AND CONTROL OVER
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
 LACK OF DIVERSITY.
 LACK OF PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE & SENSE
 REPEAT OFTHEME HENCE LACK OF FRESHNESS
AND CONSTRUCTION OF IDEAS,
 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY – PAST/PRESENT
 PROPER PROBLEM DEFINITION
 PORTRAYING THE OLQ’STHROUGHTHE STORY
 REPITITION OFTHEMES : MORE FRESHNESS IN
THE STORY