THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST

INSTRUCTIONS
LADIES / GENTLEMEN, 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 EACH 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 IT.
 YOU WILL BE SHOWN TWELVE
SLIDES TO WRITE STORIES. ELEVEN
SLIDES CONSISTS PICTURE,
WHEREAS THE TWELFTH SLIDE IS
BLANK. FOR THIS BLANK SLIDE YOU
CAN IMAGINE ANY PICTURE AND
WRITE A STORY AROUND IT.
EACH 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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