psychological testing of an individuals charecter

1. THEMATIC APPERCEPTION
TEST
Submitted by,
VENKATESWAR ASHOKAN
VENKATESWAR ASHOKAN (18EPMB111)

2. THEMATIC APPERCEPTION
MEANING:
Thematic:
“A particular subject”
Apperception:
“The mental process by which a person makes sense
of an idea by assimilating it to the body of ideas he or
she already possesses.”
VENKATESWAR ASHOKAN (18EPMB111)

3. THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST:
The Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, is a projective
measure intended to evaluate a person's patterns of
thought, attitudes, observational capacity, and
emotional responses to ambiguous test materials
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective
personality assessment psychological test
The TAT was developed in 1935 by American
psychologist Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan
at Harvard University.
The TAT is popularly known as the picture
interpretation technique. VENKATESWAR ASHOKAN (18EPMB111)

4. THE TEST PROCEDURE:
The complete version of the
test contains 31 picture cards.
The subject is asked to tell a
story for each picture that is
presented to them, including
the following:
1) what has led up to the
event show
2) what is happening at the
moment
3) what the characters are
feeling and thinking
4) what the outcome of the
story was
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5. PICTURES WILL BE LIKE,
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6. EXAMPLE:
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7. THE PICTURE CARDS:
Out of the 31 cards, 30 cards are picture cards, all black and
white
One card is left blank where participants are asked to imagine
a picture and then tell a story about it.
The original 31 cards were divided into three categories, for
use with men only, with women only, or for use with subjects of
either sex.
 In practice, an examiner might administer as few as one or
two cards or as many as 31.
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8. APPLICATIONS OF TAT:
Personality Assessment
Expectations
Recruitment
Forensic Purposes
Consumer Behavior: TAT is widely used to study consumer
perceptions and motivations.
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9. REFERENCE:
http://www.minddisorders.com/Py-Z/Thematic-Apperception-
Test.html#ixzz5xGdPJhfo
https://www.slideshare.net/AmoghVaidya/thematic-apperception-
test-tat
https://www.slideshare.net/priyeshchheda3/thematic-apperception-
test-64870065?from_action=save
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10. THANK
YOU
VENKATESWAR ASHOKAN (18EPMB111)