The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective assessment including a series of pictures. The participant is instructed to create a story about what they believe is happening according to the pictures displayed. This test reveals some of the "dominant drives, emotions, sentiments, complexes and conflicts of personality" (Murray, 1943). It can also expose inhibited tendencies the subject is not willing to admit or cannot admit because he is unaware of them.
The TAT is to be administered in an interpersonal setting, but responses can be taped if the examiner is absent. 20 cards with ambiguous pictures are presented to the participant.
There are extensive directions for this assessment I am not going to discuss further.
Here is an article about the TAT:
I hope to use this assessment someday in order reveal various inhibited conflicts in personality of a client.
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