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    The document provides an overview of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), including its administration, strengths, limitations, assumptions about interpreting stories, and critique. The TAT consists of ambiguous black and white picture cards that clients use to create and narrate stories in response to. It is described as tapping into unconscious material and reflecting personality and current concerns. However, it also has limitations such as lack of standardization and questionable validity and reliability. The document then discusses several commonly used cards and what types of information they may elicit from clients.

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    The document provides an overview of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), including its administration, strengths, limitations, assumptions about interpreting stories, and critique. The TAT consists of ambiguous black and white picture cards that clients use to create and narrate stories in response to. It is described as tapping into unconscious material and reflecting personality and current concerns. However, it also has limitations such as lack of standardization and questionable validity and reliability. The document then discusses several commonly used cards and what types of information they may elicit from clients.

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    The document provides an overview of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), including its administration, strengths, limitations, assumptions about interpreting stories, and critique. The TAT consists of ambiguous black and white picture cards that clients use to create and narrate stories in response to. It is described as tapping into unconscious material and reflecting personality and current concerns. However, it also has limitations such as lack of standardization and questionable validity and reliability. The document then discusses several commonly used cards and what types of information they may elicit from clients.

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    The document provides an overview of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), including its administration, strengths, limitations, assumptions about interpreting stories, and critique. The TAT consists of ambiguous black and white picture cards that clients use to create and narrate stories in response to. It is described as tapping into unconscious material and reflecting personality and current concerns. However, it also has limitations such as lack of standardization and questionable validity and reliability. The document then discusses several commonly used cards and what types of information they may elicit from clients.

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    TAT

    Ms. Afia Najmi


    TAT: Description and
    Administration

     A set of 31 somewhat
    ambiguous black-and white
    illustrations
     Up to 20 cards are selected for
    presentation, based on client’s
    age and gender
     Client is instructed to create a
    story that describes:
     What are they doing?
     What happened before?
     What are they thinking and
    feeling?
     What will be the outcome?
     Client’s stories are recorded
    verbatim
    TAT: Strengths

     Richness of personality
    description
     Reflects current concerns
     Describes interpersonal
    issues, patterns,
    motivations
     Taps unconscious material
    TAT: Limitations

     Questionable reliability
    and validity
     No standardization
     Multiple scoring systems
     Time-consuming
     Relies on clinical intuition
     Little known cross-
    culturally
    TAT Stories: Some
    Assumptions

     Storyteller ordinarily identifies


    with a person in the story.
     The storyteller’s dispositions,
    strivings and conflicts are
    sometimes represented
    symbolically.
     All stories are not of equal
    importance.
     Themes that arise directly out
    of card are less significant
    than those which are more
    indirect.
     Recurrent themes are most
    important.
    TAT Interpretation

     Multiple scoring systems, none


    standard (Murray’s is too
    cumbersome)
     Interpretation relies on clinical
    skill and intuition of the tester.
     Considerations:
     Do stories coincide with typical
    themes?
     Conformity with instructions
     Repetition/intensity of themes
     Sequence of themes
    (perseveration)
     Psychodynamic content
     Conflicts
    TAT: Lilienfeld et al
    Critique

     Different stimulus sets


    limit generalizability
     Multiple scoring systems
     Limited incremental
    validity
     Validity results from
    different systems are
    equivocal
     No norms available
     It doesn’t matter:
    clinicians use intuitive
    systems anyway
    Important & Useful Cards

     Card 1: very useful card


    and we administered on
    each client come to us.
     Tapped: Self Image,
    Achievement, Sexual
    problems, Autonomy Vs
    Compliance conflict, denial
    or repression of sexual
    impulses
    Card 2

    Interpersonal relationship
    card
    Tapped: need for
    achievement, denial of
    sexual impulses, OCD
    trends
    Card 3BM

     Depression card
     Tapped: suicidal ideation
    & attempts, aggressive
    impulses, denial or
    repression of aggressive
    impulses. Need for
    succurance
    Card 4

     Contemporary figure
    relationship card
     Tapped: triangular
    jealousy, need for sex &
    affection. Conflict of
    affection vr rejection
    Card 5

     Suspiciousness card
     Tapped: paranoid
    thinking, OCD trends
    6BM

     Male(father) authority
    figure relationship card
    7GF

     Female(Mother) authority
    figure relationship card
    8BM

     Aggression card
     Tapped: need for
    aggression, achievement.
     Fantasy, distancing
    defense mechanisms
    12M

     Therapist and client


    relationship card
    13MF

     Opposite gender sexual


    relationship card
     Tapped: need for sex,
    affiliation, affection,
    aggression. Conflict of
    affiliation vs aggression,
    OCD trends, guilt, denial
    of sexual impulses
    Card 15

     Guilt card
    18BM

     Homosexual &
    heterosexual card
    Main points in scoring

     Needs
     Presses
     Self Image
     Inner State
     Conflicts
     Defense Mechanisms
     Environment
     Conflicts: Between two
    needs, between need and
    press

     Defense Mechanisms:
    In order to overcome
    conflict and anxiety client
    use defense mechanism
    as a tool

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