Thematic-apperception-test
noun, Psychology.
1.
a projective technique in which stories told by a subject about each of a series of pictures are assumed to reveal dominant needs or motivations.
Abbreviation: TAT.
thematic apperception test
noun
1.
(psychol) a projective test in which drawings of interacting people are shown and the person being tested is asked to make up a story about them
Thematic Apperception Test The·mat·ic Apperception Test (thĭ-māt’ĭk)
n.
Abbr. TAT A psychological test in which the subject is asked to tell a story about a set of standard pictures showing everyday situations, thereby revealing his or her own attitudes and feelings.
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