ABSTRACT
The Thematic Apperception Test-“the TAT” (Murray, 1943)—has a long, honorable, and well-argued 65-year history in psychological research and clinical assessment. In a recent surge of activity, several books have taken stock of that history (Douglas, 1993; Gieser & Stein, 1999; Robinson, 1992) or have reviewed important research and clinical applications (e.g., Aronow, Weiss, & Reznikoff, 2001; Costantino, Malgady, & Rogler, 2002; Cramer, 1991, 1996, 2006; Dana, 2005; Costantino, Dana, & Malgady, 2007; Kelly, 1996, 1997; Smith, 1992a; Teglasi, 1993, 2001). In response to the historical and cultural specificity of the original pictures, new picture sets have been developed, each with its own scoring system, four of which are described in this book. As there is only one “the TAT”—Henry Murray’s (1943) set of published picture stimuli-all of these and the associated scoring systems are here referenced collectively as thematic apperceptive techniques (TATs).
