A projective technique measuring personality

1. CHILDREN APERCEPTION TEST

2. • is a projective personality test used to assess individual variations in
childrens responses o standard stimuli presented in the form of
pictures of Animals CAT-A or Humans CAT-H in common social
situations.
THE CHILDREN
APPERCEPTION TEST(CAT)

3. • The CAT, was developed by psychiatrist and psychologist Leopold Bellak
and Sonya Sorrel Bellak and first published in 1949, is based on the picture
story test called THEMATIC APERCEPTION TEST(TAT).
ADMINISTRATION
• The CAT, which takes 20-40 minutes to administer, conducted by a professional
psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, teacher or specially trained pediatrician in a
clinical, research, or educational setting.
HISTORY OF CAT

4. • The CAT, as well as other perojective measures, has been criticized for its
lack of a standardized method of administration as well as the lack of
standard norms for interpretation.
RELIABILITY AN VALIDITY

5. PICTURE #1

6. PICTURE #2

7. PICTURE #3

8. PICTURE #4

9. PICTURE #5

10. PICTURE #6

11. • In projective test sush as the CAT, there is no right or
wrong answer. Thus there is no numerical score or
scale for the test. The test administrator records the
essence of each of the stories told and indicates the
presence or absence of certain thematic elements on
the form provided
SCORING

12. • mcCoy, Dorothy. The Ultimate guide to personality
tests. Inglewood, CA: Champion press, 2005.
• Paul, Annie murphy. The cult of personality: How
personality test are leading us to mesiducate our
children, mismanage our companies, and
misunderstand ourselves. Riverside, NJ: Simon &
schuster, 2004
• Kamphaus, R., et al. “current trends in psychological
testing f children.” Professional psychology: Research
and Practice 31(2000)