This document contains templates and guidelines for administering and analyzing the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). It includes sections for collecting a case history, analyzing the form and content of patient responses, identifying needs and emotions, examining dynamic structures, reporting time data, providing an integrated summary, and compiling a final report. The TAT is a projective test used in psychoanalysis to learn about a person's personality or emotional functioning.

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Thematic Apperception Test
Case History
Subject Name
Gender Date of Birth
Qualification
Occupation Income
MaritalStatus
Parents Father Alive Dead Mother Alive Dead
Number of Siblings
Brothers – number
and age(s)
Sisters – number
and age(s)
Number of Children
Sons – number and
age(s)
Daughters –
number and age(s)
Purpose of testing
Date
AdministratorName and
Signature
Other details regarding social, personal and emotional adjustment

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Analysis of Form
Power of Plot
Structured Unstructured Comments
Real Bizarre Comments
Complete Incomplete Comments
Original Stereotyped Comments
Appropriate Inappropriate Comments
Organization
Beginning Comments
Middle Comments
End Comments
Fantasies – Imagination
Length of
Stories
Comments
Range of
Imagination
Comments
Freedom of
Imagination
Comments
Quality of
Imagination
Comments
Languageand Verbal Richness
Peculiarity Comments
Grammar/
literaryview
Comments
Verbalrichness Comments
Choice of words Comments
Observation of Details
Comments

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Analysis of Content (1/2)
A. The Hero and Type of Content
Picture
Hero identification
level
(Superficial,Low,
Adequate,
Complete)
Hero identificationtype Type of content
Sex
(Same, Opposite)
Age
(Same, Higher,
Lower)
Type of Content
(+ve, -ve, Dynamic
Structure)
Nature of
Content
B. Other characters(significant points)
Physical or Body attributes
Motives, striving and
generalemotional states
Motives and emotions of
specificcategories of
people
Attributes of the
environmentof characters
Reactionsof characters to
attributes of the
environment
Empathywith characters
IntroducedFigures

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Analysis of Content (2/2)
C. Thema and InterpersonalRelations
Picture
Thema Interpersonal Relations
Need-Press pairs
Outcome
Family
Adjustment
Social
AdjustmentClear/
Vague
Logical/
Illogical
Happy/
Sad
One/
Many

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Analysis of Needs
S.No. Need
Picture
Total
Trend of Rating
1-5 Negligible
6-15 Slightly Significant
16-30 Significant
>31 – Highly significant
1 Abasement
2 Achievement
3 Recognition
4 Cognition
5 Deference
6 Autonomy
7 Aggression
8 Intraggression
9 Dominance
10 Rejection
11 Harmavoidance
12 Blamavoidance
13 Infavoidance
14 Defendance
15 Counteraction
16 Nurturance
17 Succorance
18 Affiliation
19 Sex
20 Sentience
21 Exhibition
22 Exposition
23 Acquisition
24 Play
25 Passivity
26 Similance
27 Contrarience
28 Retention
29 Conservance
30 Order
31 Construction

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Dynamic Structure of Content (1/2)
A. Significant Conflicts and Defenses
PictureNo. SignificantConflicts Main Defenses
B. Emotions and Feelings
S.No. Feeling
Picture
Total
Trend of Rating
1-5 Negligible
6-15 Slightly Significant
16-30 Significant
>31 – Highly significant
1 Anxiety
2 Dejection
3 Jealousy
4 Guilt
5 Inferiority
6
Fear and
Insecurity
7 Anger
8 Love-affection
9 Pity
10 Independence
11 Ambition
12 Determination
13 Shame

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Dynamic Structure of Content (2/2)
C. Ego Structure
RealityOrientation
Use of defenses in a
spontaneous and
natural way
Abilityto resolve
conflictsin an
acceptableform
Proper integration
of superego
Presence of greater
positive than
negative emotions
D. Other Dynamic Clues
Tone
Emphasison Time
Perceptual
distortions
Story interruptions
Inter and Intra
consistency
Non compliance
with instructions
Best and least liked
pictures
Time
S.No. Measure
Picture
Total time
Average
time
1
Reactiontime
per card
2
Totaltime per
card

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Integrated Summary
1. IntellectualLevel
2. EmotionalMaturity
3. Personal Adjustment
4. Social Adjustment
5. Dominant Needs
6. Significant Conflicts
7. Main Defenses
8. Ego Structure
9. Basic Personality

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Thematic Apperception Test
Final Report
Formal Analysis
Comments
Thematic Analysis
Comments