THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST

INSTRUCTIONS
THIS IS A TEST OF YOUR
IMAGINATION. IN THIS TEST YOU WILL
BE SHOWN NUMBER OF PICTURES
ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
YOU ARE FREE TO GIVE YOUR
RESPONSES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO
BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE PERSON
TO THE OTHER.
AFTER SEEING THE PICTURE YOU
HAVE TO WRITE A STORY AROUND
THE CHARACTERS AND SITUATION
SHOWN.
PUT DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS AS
FREELY AS THEY COME TO YOUR
MIND WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE
BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION.
IN THE STORY YOU WILL WRITE WHAT HAS
LED TO THE SITUATION, WHAT IS GOING
ON AND WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE.
YOU WILL ALSO DESCRIBE THE FEELINGS,
THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS OF THE
CHARACTERS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE.

REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO

DESCRIBE THE PICTURE, BUT TO WRITE
THE STORY AROUND THE PICTURE.
 YOU WILL BE SHOWN TWELVE
PICTURES TO WRITE STORIES. THE
TWELFTH PICTURE WILL BE A BLANK
SLIDE IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO
IMAGINE A PICTURE OF YOUR OWN
CHOICE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
WRITE A STORY AROUND THE
PICTURE.
 THE PICTURE WILL BE SHOWN TO
YOU FOR 30 SECONDS AND
THERAFTER YOU WILL BE GIVEN 4
MINUTES TO WRITE THE STORY.

WRITE ABOUT 100 WORDS FOR EACH

STORY.
NOW I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU AN
EXAMPLE PICTURE. THE AIM OF THIS
PICTURE IS JUST TO FAMILIARIZE
WITH THE METHOD OF
PRESENTATION AND THE TIME YOU
WILL GET TO WRITE THE STORIES.
PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ANY STORY
ON THIS PICTURE.
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