Assessment And Critique Thematic Apperception Test

Assessment and Critique: Thematic Apperception Test Brian Kees Oklahoma State University Abstract Assessment and Critique: Thematic Apperception Test General Test The Thematic Apperception Test or TAT was developed during the 1930s by the American psychologist Henry A. Murray and psychoanalyst Christiana D. Morgan at the Harvard Clinic at Harvard University. The TAT is published by Harvard University Press. The cost is $81 per test. The test takes a total of 200 minutes to give. It is given in two 100-minute sessions one day apart. The population that the TAT is given to are ages 4 and over. Brief Description of Purpose and Nature of the Test The Thematic Apperception Test is a projective personality test. The idea behind the technique is that the subjects responses, in the narratives they construct about ambiguous pictures of people, reveal their subconscious motives, concerns, and the way they interpret the social world. The TAT was described by Murray as â€Å"a method of revealing to the trained interpreter some of the dominant drives, emotions, sentiments, complexes and conflicts of a personality (Murray, 1935, p.132). The TAT is frequently given to individuals as part of a battery, or group, of tests intended to assess personality. Ideally the TAT elicits information about a person s sense of the world and her perspective toward the self and others. As individuals taking the TAT proceed through the various storyShow MoreRelatedThe Big Five Personality Traits Essay1987 Words   |  8 PagesThere are two methods of measuring personality: projective tests and self-inventory tests. Projective tests are based on an individual’s responses to ambiguous stimuli such as images or words (Murphy Davidshofer, 1988). As it was suggested that personality is controlled by unconscious desires or ideas, this type of test is designed to disclose unconscious urges that are concealed from our consciousness (Passer Smith, 2004). Projective tests comprise ambiguous stimuli to induce subjects to projectRead MoreSentence Completion Test5817 Words   |  24 PagesJOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, 74(3), 371â⠂¬â€œ383 Copyright  © 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Sentence Completion Tests: A Review of the Literature and Results of a Survey of Members of the Society for Personality Assessment Margot Holaday, Debra A. Smith, and Alissa Sherry Department of Psychology University of Southern Mississippi Test usage surveys consistently find that sentence completion tests (SCTs) are among the most popular personality assessment instruments used by practitionersRead MoreBrand Association4961 Words   |  20 PagesMeasurement of Brand Associations Less Structured Approaches Structured Approaches 4. Research in Brand Associations Brand Extensions Branding Country ofOrigin Celebrity Brand Preferences Product Attributes Brand Associations and Brand Equity 5. Critique of Research in Brand Associations Techniques used Operational Definitions Clarity of Image Brand Association Strength Other Constructs Moderating Variables 6. Future Research Directions Theoretical and Practical constructs Techniques Used MultipleRead MoreSummary of the Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard5072 Words   |  21 Pages| Book Summary and Critique: The Hidden Persuaders Summary of THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS by Vance Packard  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  1. The Depth Approach. This book is about the large-scale -- and sometimes impressively successful -- efforts to use insights from psychiatry and the social sciences (and provided all too willingly by cooperative psychologists and social scientists) to channel our unthinking habits, our purchasing decisions, and our thought processes. The use of mass psychoanalysis to guide campaigns ofRead MoreMethods of Qualitative of Data Collection19658 Words   |  79 Pagesqxd 112 2/1/2006 3:16 PM Page 112 DESIGNING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH help move the field forward, but Rossman’s experience in her graduate teaching, working intensively with students whose first language (or even second or third) is not English, critiques their discussion as naà ¯ve. Addressing each of the issues in turn, she takes the position that none is problematic. First, she says that there is an ethical imperative to inform the reader that translation has occurred and to address how this willRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesmymanagementlab is an online assessment and preparation solution for courses in Principles of Management, Human Resources, Strategy, and Organizational Behavior that helps you actively study and prepare material for class. Chapter-by-chapter activities, including built-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY