Details
Purpose
Reveals an individual's drives, emotions, and conflicts
Authors
Henry A. Murray, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Designed to Reveal an Individual’s Perception of Interpersonal Relationships
The TAT is a widely used projective test for the assessment of children and adults.
- Thirty-one picture cards serve as stimuli for stories and descriptions about relationships or social situations.
- Cards include specific subsets for boys, girls, men, and women.
- The test is useful as part of a comprehensive study of personality and in the interpretation of behavior disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, neuroses, and psychoses.