Thematic Apperception Test

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is the first test in Psychologist Test Series. This test was designed by Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan.

In this test, a set of provocative yet ambiguous pictures are shown to you, as you are required to interpret a story from the picture hence the test is sometimes also called as picture interpretation technique.

You are required to write your story on the following points.

1. What has led up to the situation?
2. What the characters are feeling and thinking?
3. What is happening at the moment?
4. What is the final outcome of the story?

No. of Pictures – 12

Time of each Picture – 30 Seconds + 4 Minutes

In this test you will be shown 12 pictures, 11 pictures will be having some theme behind them but the 12th will be blank you have to yourself imagine a picture and write a story on it. The pictures will be shown to you for 30 Seconds and 4 Minutes time will be given to you for writing the story. There will be no time gap between the pictures and as soon as the 30 seconds are over your time for writing the story starts so you must not do any delay.

You must take six A4 sheets and fold each sheet into two half’s horizontally and within the two half’s you have to write the story, you must be careful that your story doesn’t exceed the space limit of the half page.

Before proceeding further you must familiarize yourself with rules of TAT

“You must be ready with you writing material before you click on any of the model tests”